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N.Y. MIL Law § 130.20

This is the official text of N.Y. MIL Law § 130.20, part of New York’s MIL Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "MIL Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial

Official statutory text

§ 130.20. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial. (a) Subject to\nsection 130.17, summary courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try\npersons subject to this code, except officers and warrant officers, for\nany offense for which they may be punished by this code.\n (b) No persons with respect to whom courts-martial have jurisdiction\nshall be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if he objects\nthereto. Where objection to trial by summary court-martial is made,\ntrial shall be ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be\nappropriate.\n (c) Summary courts-martial shall have the power to sentence to:\nconfinement with hard labor for not exceeding twenty-five days; fines\nnot exceeding twenty-five dollars; confinement with hard labor in lieu\nof fines imposed not exceeding one day for each dollar of fine imposed;\nforfeiture of pay and allowances not exceeding twenty-five dollars;\nreprimand; reduction of non-commissioned officers to an inferior grade;\nand to combine any two or more of such punishments in the sentences\nimposed.\n

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