Louisiana § 29:157 Article 57. Effective date of sentences

Louisiana Statutes

§ 29:157 — Article 57. Effective date of sentences

Louisiana § 29:157

Title 29Minerals, Oil and Gas and Environmental Quality

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La. Stat. Ann. § 29:157 (2026).

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A.Whenever a sentence of a court-martial as lawfully adjudged and approved includes a forfeiture of pay or allowances in addition to confinement not suspended or deferred, the forfeiture may apply to pay or allowances becoming due on or after the date the sentence is approved by the convening authority. No forfeiture may extend to any pay or allowances accrued before that date.

B.The effective date of a sentence to confinement shall be as set forth in regulations prescribed by the governor.

C.All other sentences of courts-martial are effective on the date ordered executed.

D.On application by an accused who is under sentence to confinement that has not been ordered executed, the convening authority or, if the accused is no longer under his jurisdiction, the person exercising general co

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A. Whenever a sentence of a court-martial as lawfully adjudged and approved includes a forfeiture of pay or allowances in addition to confinement not suspended or deferred, the forfeiture may apply to pay or allowances becoming due on or after the date the sentence is approved by the convening authority. No forfeiture may extend to any pay or allowances accrued before that date.
B. The effective date of a sentence to confinement shall be as set forth in regulations prescribed by the governor.
C. All other sentences of courts-martial are effective on the date ordered executed.
D. On application by an accused who is under sentence to confinement that has not been ordered executed, the convening authority or, if the accused is no longer under his jurisdiction, the person exercising general court-martial jurisdiction, may in his sole discretion defer service of the sentence to confinement. The deferment shall terminate when the sentence is ordered executed. The deferment may be rescinded at any time by the officer who granted it or, if the accused is no longer under his jurisdiction, by the person exercising general court-martial jurisdiction.