Connecticut § 27-164 - Commanding officer may convene special courts-martial.
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§ 27-164. Commanding officer may convene special courts-martial.
Sec. 27-164. Commanding officer may convene special courts-martial. (a) In the state military forces not in federal service, the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where troops are on duty, or of a brigade, regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, separate squadron, or other detached command, may convene special courts-martial. Special courts-martial may also be convened by superior authority. If any such officer is an accuser, the court shall be convened by superior competent authority.
(b) No special court-martial shall try a commissioned officer.
(1967, P.A. 717, S. 24.)
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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