§ 10-16-9-6 — Disciplinary punishment

Indiana § 10-16-9-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 10: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Art. 16: INDIANA MILITARY CODE
• Ch. 9: Court-Martial Procedures

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(a) The commanding officer of any
detachment, company, or other unit or organization may impose
disciplinary punishment upon any enlisted member of the officer's
command.
(b) An officer exercising command normally exercised by a general
officer may impose disciplinary punishment upon any warrant or
commissioned officer of the exercising officer's command.
(c) A punishment imposed by authority of this section may include
the following:
(1) Admonition.
(2) Reprimand.
(3) Withholding privileges for up to seven (7) twenty-four (24)
hour duty days.
(4) Restriction to specific area limits for up to seven (7)
twenty-four (24) hour duty days.
(5) Imposition of a fine of not more than two-thirds (2/3) of one
(1) month's pay to which the member would have been entitled
during the month of the offense.
(6) Reduce the member's rank to the next inferior grade.
Only the commanding officer who holds promotion authority over the
member charged with an offense may prescribe the punishment of a
fine or reduction in rank.
(d) Fines shall be collected as directed under section 3 of this
chapter.
(e) A member of the national guard may not demand a trial by
court-martial in lieu of nonjudicial punishment or disciplinary
punishment.
(f) A sentence may not be executed until the right of appeal has
been exhausted or waived as prescribed in the uniform code of military
justice.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-2-5-6.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.12-2023, SEC.2.