N.D. Cent. Code § 37-09-06

Current through 2024 Legislative Session

Section 37-09-06 - Summary courts-martial - Appointment - Powers - Proceedings

The commanding officer, with a rank of at least colonel (0-6), of each garrison, fort, post, or other place, or of any regiment, corps, detached battalion, company, or other detachment, may appoint for such place or command a summary court to consist of one officer, who shall have power to administer oaths and to try the enlisted members of such place or command for breaches of discipline and violations of laws governing such organization. Such court, when satisfied of the guilt of a soldier, may:

1. Impose a fine in an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars for any single offense;

2. Sentence an enlisted member to reduction to the ranks;

3. Sentence an enlisted member to forfeiture of pay and allowances not to exceed two hundred dollars for a single offense; or

4. Any combination of these punishments.

The proceedings of such court must be informal, and the minutes of the court must be the same as those prescribed for summary courts of the United States army.

N.D.C.C. § 37-09-06