TITLE 38 MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Section 2. Military Affairs, 38-2-1 through 38-2-1145.

ARTICLE 5 CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

38-2-1074. Remission or suspension of sentence; modification of type of discharge by Governor.

1. Any authority competent to convene, for the command in which the accused is serving or assigned, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence may remit or suspend any part or amount of the unexecuted part of any sentence, including, but not limited to, all uncollected forfeitures, other than a sentence approved by the Governor.
2. The Governor may, for good cause, substitute an administrative form of discharge for a discharge or dismissal executed in accordance with the sentence of a court-martial.

(Code 1981, §38-2-1074, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.)