2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs
CHAPTER 1 - MILITARY CODE
Section 25-1-3160. Construction of Code of Military Justice.
The Code of Military Justice must be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make it uniform so far as practical with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Chapter 47, Title 10, United States Code, and the Manual for Courts-Martial. Moreover, the Adjutant General may establish procedures to conform state military judicial proceedings with those used in circuit courts of this State. The systems and procedures established in the Uniform Code of Military Justice for the governing of military forces, so far as applicable and not in conflict with a statute or regulation prescribed in this code, is considered in full force and regarded as a part of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 378, Section 90; 2011 Act No. 46, Section 25, eff June 7, 2011.
Effect of Amendment
The 2011 amendment inserted the second sentence and made other nonsubstantive changes.
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