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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 33 - MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 33-1-1 — 33-15-553)
Chapter 13 - MISSISSIPPI CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE (§§ 33-13-1 — 33-13-629)
Article 9 - APPOINTMENT AND COMPOSITION OF COURTS-MARTIAL (§§ 33-13-175 — 33-13-201)
Section 33-13-177 - Who may convene special courts-martial
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MS Code § 33-13-177 (2023)
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In the state military forces not in federal service, the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base or other place where troops are on duty, or of a division, brigade, regiment, wing, group, battalion, separate squadron, or other detached command, may convene special court-martial. Special courts-martial may also be convened by superior authority. When any such officer is an accuser, the court may be convened by superior competent authority if considered advisable by him.
Former § 33-13-203 [Codes, 1942, § 8529-24; Laws, 1966, ch. 538, § 24] repealed by Laws, 1981, ch. 362, § 102, eff. 7/1/1981, amended and recodified as § 33-13-177 by Laws, 1981, ch. 362, § 26, eff. 7/1/1981.
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