Connecticut § 27-159 Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 27-159 — Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.

Connecticut § 27-159

Title 27Armed Forces and Veterans

Ch. 507Connecticut Code of Military Justice

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-159 (2026).

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(a)Subject to section 27-156, summary courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code.

(b)No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction shall be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if he objects thereto, unless under section 27-154 he has been permitted and has elected to refuse punishment under that section. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused who has not been permitted to refuse punishment under said section, trial shall be ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be appropriate.

(c)A summary court-martial may sentence to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars for a single offense, to forfeiture of pay and allo

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(a) Subject to section 27-156, summary courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code. (b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction shall be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if he objects thereto, unless under section 27-154 he has been permitted and has elected to refuse punishment under that section. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused who has not been permitted to refuse punishment under said section, trial shall be ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be appropriate. (c) A summary court-martial may sentence to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars for a single offense, to forfeiture of pay and allowances of not more than twenty-five dollars, and to reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade.