North Carolina § 127A-48 - General courts-martial.
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§ 127A-48. General courts-martial.
General courts-martial for military personnel of the North Carolina National Guard not in the service of the United States may be convened by orders of the Governor of the State or of the Adjutant General, and these courts shall have the power to impose punishments in like manner and to the extent prescribed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice and Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, as shall be in use by the Armed Forces of the United States at the time of the offense, except that (i) no court shall have the authority to impose confinement as part of the sentence unless the court consisted of a military judge and not less than five members, except that a defendant who requests a military judge alone may be sentenced to confinement, and (ii) no court shall have the authority to impose confinement in excess of one year and one day as part of a sentence. History (1917, c. 200, s. 56; C.S., s. 6826; 1957, c. 136, s. 7; 1963, c. 1018, s. 2; 1975, c. 604, s. 2; 2009-281, s. 1; 2010-193, s. 2; 2011-195, s. 1(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2010-193, s. 2, which rewrote this section, is applicable to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2010. Session Laws 2010-193, s. 23, provides: "Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions." This Act became effective December 1, 2010. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-281, s. 1, effective July 10, 2009, substituted "National Guard" for "national guard" in this section. Session Laws 2010-193, s. 2, effective December 1, 2010, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date, rewrote the section. Session Laws 2011-195, s. 1(a), effective June 23, 2011, inserted "for military personnel" and "North Carolina" following "General courts-martial," substituted "Armed Forces" for "armed forces," and made a minor stylistic change.
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