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S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-2550

Jurisdiction of general courts-martial

Former SECTION 25-1-2550 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code SECTION 44-166; 1962 Code SECTION 44-166; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as SECTION 25-1-3020 by 1984 Act No. 378; New SECTION 25…

Subject to Section 25-1-2540, general courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for an offense made punishable by the code. Under limitations the Governor may prescribe, or further limitations the Adjutant General may prescribe, a general court-martial may order any of the following:

(1) dismissal, or dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge;

(2) confinement of not more than ten years;

(3) a fine of not more than forty days' pay;

(4) reduction of enlisted personnel to the lowest pay grade;

(5) a reprimand;

(6) any combination of these punishments.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.