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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72696</law_id><section_number>44-40.01</section_number><catch_line>Nonjudicial disciplinary proceedings</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>44-115</reference><reference>44-54.10</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="44">Military and Emergency Laws</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Military Laws of Virginia</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">National Guard in General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Service members of the Virginia National Guard, not in federal service, are subject to nonjudicial punishment pursuant to Part V of the Manual for <span class="dictionary">Courts</span>-Martial, United States. A commander&#x2019;s authority to impose nonjudicial punishment shall not include the authority to impose correctional <span class="dictionary">custody</span>, <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> in quarters, restriction, or extra duties. Reduction in rank shall not be imposed if the service member has more than 10 years of military service and is in the rank of E-5 or above. When nonjudicial punishment is to be imposed by a commanding officer of the rank of major or above, a service member shall not be allowed to demand <span class="dictionary">trial</span> by <span class="dictionary">court</span>-martial in lieu of nonjudicial punishment. Service members shall retain all <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> rights available under the Manual for <span class="dictionary">Courts</span>-Martial, and the <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> shall include a review for abuse of discretion and legal sufficiency of the <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>.</p></section></text><history>2015, c. 194.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
