2022 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 51 - MILITARY AFFAIRS
Chapter 59 - Posttrial Procedure and Review of Courts-martial
Section 5913 - Vacation of suspension

Universal Citation: 51 PA Cons Stat § 5913 (2022)
§ 5913. Vacation of suspension.

(a) Bad-conduct discharges and general court-martial sentences.--Prior to the vacation of the suspension of a special court-martial sentence which as approved includes a bad-conduct discharge or of any general court-martial sentence, the officer having special court-martial jurisdiction over the probationer shall hold a hearing on an alleged violation of probation. The probationer shall be represented at the hearing by military counsel if the probationer so desires.

(b) Action by court-martial.--The record of the hearing and the recommendation of the officer having special court-martial jurisdiction shall be forwarded for action to the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the probationer. If the officer vacates the suspension, any unexecuted part of the sentence except a dismissal shall be executed subject to applicable restrictions in this part.

(c) Other sentences.--The suspension of any other sentence may be vacated by any authority competent to convene, for the command in which the accused is serving or assigned, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence.

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