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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-405

Summary courts-martial punishments

Acts 1969, No. 50, § 64; 1981, No. 656, § 2; 1985, No. 670, § 8; 1985 (1st Ex

(1) Officers and warrant officers may not be tried by summary courts-martial.

(2) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction may be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if he or she objects thereto. If objection to a trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused, trial may be ordered by special or general court-martial as may be appropriate.

(3) A summary court-martial may, under such limitations as the Governor may prescribe, adjudge one (1) or more of the following punishments: Confinement with hard labor not exceeding thirty (30) days;

(4) A fine or forfeiture of pay and allowances in an amount that shall not exceed thirty (30) days of the service member's base pay and allowances;

(5) Reprimand; and

(6) Reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.