CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUMMARY COURTS-MARTIAL (§ 44-45)

A. 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. Proceedings conducted under the
provisions of this section shall be informal.

B. A 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.

HISTORY: 1930, p. 956; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(35); 1958, c. 393; 1964, c.
227; 1976, c. 399; 1977, c. 74; 2011, cc. 572, 586.