O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1024 (2019)

Convening of summary courts-martial

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) Summary courts-martial may be convened by:

(1) Any person authorized to convene a special court-martial under subsection (a) of Code Section 38-2-1023; or

(2) Any commander in the grade of O-6 or above.

(b) If any individual listed in subsection (a) of this Code section is an accuser, the summary court-martial shall be convened by superior competent authority and may in any case be convened by such superior authority if considered desirable by such authority.

(c) The Governor, or the adjutant general by delegation of the Governor, may, by written order, further limit who may convene actions under this Code section.

History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1024, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98. U.S. Code. - For similar provision in

Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 824.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 53A Am. Jur. 2d, Military and Civil Defense, § 176.