2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs
CHAPTER 1 - MILITARY CODE
Section 25-1-2560. Jurisdiction of special courts-martial.

1. Subject to Section 25-1-2540, special courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for an offense made punishable by the code. Under limitations the Governor may prescribe, or further limitations the Adjutant General may prescribe, a special court-martial may order any of the following punishments:

(1) bad-conduct discharge;

(2) confinement of not more than six months;

(3) a fine of not more than twenty days' pay;

(4) reduction of enlisted personnel to the lowest pay grade;

(5) forfeiture of pay and allowances not to exceed twenty days' pay;

(6) a reprimand;

(7) any combination of these punishments.

2. A sentence which imposes a bad-conduct discharge or confinement may not be adjudged unless:

(a) a complete summary of the proceedings and testimony has been made by the military judge or the president of the court;

(b) counsel, having the qualifications prescribed under subsection 2 of Section 25-1-2630 was detailed to represent the accused;

(c) a military judge was detailed to the trial.

HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2560 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-167; 1962 Code Section 44-167; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-3020 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2560 [derived from former Section 25-1-3040 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-214; 1962 Code Section 44-204; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 18; 2001 Act No. 85, Section 32; 2011 Act No. 46, Section 16, eff June 7, 2011.

Effect of Amendment

The 2011 amendment rewrote subsection 1.