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Proceedings conducted under the provisions of this section shall be informal.B\n\nA summary court-martial shall have the authority to impose fines of not more than $500, to impose forfeitures of two-thirds pay for one month, to restrict to limits, to impose extra duty, to require confinement for not more than seven days, and to reduce enlisted persons one or more pay grades.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":207161,"text":"In the National Guard for servicemembers on orders for duty under Title 32 of the United States Code or active state duty, the first commanding officer in the rank of lieutenant colonel or above may convene a summary court-martial, consisting of one commissioned officer. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 393; in 1964, chapter 227; in 1976, chapter 399; in 1977, chapter 74; in 2011, chapters 572<\/a> and 586<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":221987,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56609,"identifier":"44-45","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-45","url":"\/44-45\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-45\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-45","dublin_core":{"Title":"Summary courts-martial","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-45","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In the National Guard for servicemembers on orders<\/span> for duty under Title 32 of the United States Code or active state duty, the first commanding officer in the rank of lieutenant colonel or above may convene a summary court<\/span>-martial, consisting of one commissioned officer. Proceedings conducted under the provisions of this section shall be informal. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A summary court<\/span>-martial shall have the authority to impose fines of not more than $500, to impose forfeitures of two-thirds pay for one month, to restrict to limits, to impose extra duty, to require confinement for not more than seven days, and to reduce enlisted persons one or more pay grades. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUMMARY COURTS-MARTIAL (\u00a7 44-45)\n\nA. In the National Guard for servicemembers on orders for duty under Title 32 of\nthe United States Code or active state duty, the first commanding officer in the\nrank of lieutenant colonel or above may convene a summary court-martial,\nconsisting of one commissioned officer. Proceedings conducted under the\nprovisions of this section shall be informal.\n\nB. A summary court-martial shall have the authority to impose fines of not more\nthan $500, to impose forfeitures of two-thirds pay for one month, to restrict to\nlimits, to impose extra duty, to require confinement for not more than seven\ndays, and to reduce enlisted persons one or more pay grades.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, p. 956; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(35); 1958, c. 393; 1964, c.\n227; 1976, c. 399; 1977, c. 74; 2011, cc. 572, 586.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}