South Carolina § 25-1-2560 Jurisdiction of special courts-martial.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 25-1-2560 — Jurisdiction of special courts-martial.

South Carolina § 25-1-2560

Title 25MILITARY, CIVIL DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Ch. 1MILITARY CODE

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S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-2560 (2026).

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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 five years;

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

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

(5)a reprimand;

(6)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, havi

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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 five years; (3) a fine of not more than twenty days' pay; (4) reduction of enlisted personnel to the lowest pay grade; (5) a reprimand; (6) 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.

Legislative History

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; 2024 Act No. 145 (H.4642), SECTION 8, eff May 13, 2024. Effect of Amendment The 2011 amendment rewrote subsection 1. 2024 Act No. 145, SECTION 8, in 1., in (2), substituted "five years" for "six months", deleted (5), which related to forfeiture of pay and allowances not to exceed twenty days' pay, and redesignated former (6) and (7) as (5) and (6), and made a nonsubstantive change in 2.