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2025 Delaware Code
Title 20 - Military and Civil Defense
Chapter 1. DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD
Subchapter IV. Courts-Martial and Sentences
§ 153. Special courts-martial.

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20 DE Code § 153 (2025)
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§ 153. Special courts-martial.

(a) A commander of the rank of O-6 (Colonel), the commander of any other unit specifically designated by the Adjutant General, the Assistant Adjutant General for the Army National Guard, the Assistant Adjutant General for the Air National Guard and the Adjutant General may convene a special court-martial by appropriate order.

(b) A special court-martial may impose any sentence authorized for a general court-martial, including a bad-conduct discharge, except that fines and forfeiture are limited to 12 unit training assemblies.

(c) Any sentence imposed by a special court-martial shall not become effective until acted upon by the convening authority in accordance with the Manual for Courts-Martial of the United States.

(d) A special court-martial shall have jurisdiction to try any member of the Delaware National Guard.

Code 1915, § 310B;  33 Del. Laws, c. 46, § 1;  Code 1935, § 275;  20 Del. C. 1953, § 153;  64 Del. Laws, c. 258, § 1;  68 Del. Laws, c. 108, § 2;  72 Del. Laws, c. 106, § 12;  81 Del. Laws, c. 40, § 1; 
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