Guam § 63721 - Sentences: Reduction in Enlisted Grade upon Approval.
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§ 63721. Sentences: Reduction in Enlisted Grade upon Approval.
(a) Unless otherwise provided in regulations to be prescribed by the Adjutant General, a court-martial
sentence of a member, as approved by the convening authority, that includes a dishonorable or bad-conduct
discharge reduces that member to pay grade E-1, effective on the date of that approval.
(b) If the sentence of a member who is reduced in pay grade under subsection (a) is set aside or
disapproved, or, as finally approved, does not include punishment of reduction in rank, the rights and
privileges of which he was deprived because of that reduction shall be restored to him and he is entitled to
the pay and allowances to which he would have been entitled for the period the reduction was in effect, had
he not been so reduced.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 63721 ("Sentences: Reduction in Enlisted Grade upon Approval.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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