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Chapter 504 - Militia
Section 27-1. - Persons subject to military duty. - All male citizens and all male residents of the state...
Section 27-2. - Classes of militia. - The militia shall be divided into four classes as follows:...
Section 27-2a. - Militia and National Guard deemed law enforcement agencies for certain purposes. - The organized militia or National Guard is deemed to be...
Section 27-3. - National Guard; naval militia. Equipment. Location. - In time of peace, the number of enlisted personnel and...
Section 27-4. - Inactive National Guard. - The inactive National Guard shall be organized and maintained as...
Section 27-5. - Naval militia. - (a) The Governor may organize a naval militia as a...
Section 27-6. - Organization of first and second companies of Governor's Foot Guards. - Section 27-6 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1323; 1957, P.A....
Section 27-6a. - Organization of first and second companies of Governor's Foot Guards. - The first and second companies of the Governor's Foot Guards...
Section 27-7. - Organization of first and second companies of Governor's Horse Guards. - The first and second companies of the Governor's Horse Guards...
Section 27-8. - Governor's Guards to be organized militia. - The Governor's Guards shall be organized militia, with the immunities...
Section 27-9. - Connecticut State Guard. - The Governor may raise, organize, maintain and govern a body...
Section 27-10. - Active service of the Connecticut State Guard: Officers. - The Governor shall order the Connecticut State Guard into active...
Section 27-11. - Inactive service. Discharge. - Whenever it appears to the Governor that the public interest...
Section 27-12. - Strength of military forces. - A minimum strength of enlisted personnel in the National Guard,...
Section 27-13. - Recognition and regulation of units of unorganized militia. - To the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United...
Section 27-14. - Governor to be commander-in-chief. - The Governor shall be the Captain-General and, as such, commander-in-chief...
Section 27-15. - Governor's military staff. - The Governor shall appoint the military staff that shall consist...
Section 27-16. - Authority of Governor. Service outside state. - In time of war, invasion, rebellion, riot or disaster, or...
Section 27-17. - Armed forces may be called in case of riot. - In case of riot or civil commotion in any place...
Section 27-18. - Calling out troops without Governor's order. - Whenever any civil officer whose duty it is to enforce...
Section 27-19. - Military Department. Adjutant General. Appointment and qualifications. - The Military Department shall be comprised of (1) the armed...
Section 27-19a. - Military Department to be within Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for administrative purposes only. - Section 27-19a is repealed, effective October 1, 2013. (P.A. 77-614,...
Section 27-19b. - Military Department state morale, welfare and recreation account. Annual Report to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. - There is established an account to be known as the...
Section 27-19c. - Chargeable transient quarters and billeting account. - There is established an account to be known as the...
Section 27-19d. - Governor's Guards account. - There is established an account to be known as the...
Section 27-19e. - Governor's Guards horse account. - There is established an account to be known as the...
Section 27-20. - Duties of Adjutant General. - (a) The Adjutant General shall make such returns and reports...
Section 27-21. - Supply of arms and equipment. - The Adjutant General is directed to issue to the organized...
Section 27-22. - Coordination of military and naval services. - The Adjutant General, with the assistance of the commander of...
Section 27-23. - Exercise of powers relating to naval militia. - All powers vested in the Adjutant General concerning the naval...
Section 27-24. - Assistant adjutants general for Connecticut Army National Guard and Air National Guard. Designation of administrative assistant and deputy to Adjutant General and deputy chief of staff to Governor. - (a) The Adjutant General shall appoint an assistant adjutant general...
Section 27-25. - Property and procurement officer. - The Adjutant General shall appoint a property and procurement officer...
Section 27-26. - Commander of naval militia. - The Governor, as commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the...
Section 27-27. - Commander's staff. - The commander of the naval militia shall appoint the members...
Section 27-28. - Surgeon General. - The senior medical officer of the National Guard shall be...
Section 27-29. - Post surgeons. - The Adjutant General shall appoint post surgeons, removable at pleasure,...
Section 27-30. - United States property and disbursing officer. - Section 27-30 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3592; 1959, P.A....
Section 27-31. - Employees. - The Adjutant General shall appoint such number of employees, subject...
Section 27-32. - Audit of office and accounts. - The office and accounts of the Adjutant General pertaining to...
Section 27-33. - Leave from employment to attend drills, parades and encampments. - The armed forces of the state may assemble for drill,...
Section 27-33a. - Leave from employment to perform military duty. - (a) For purposes of this section, “armed forces of the...
Section 27-34. - National Guard. Contingency provisions in event of federal withdrawal. - Unless otherwise expressly provided, the National Guard in this state...
Section 27-34a. - National Guard. Federal protections. Right to terminate certain contracts if ordered into active state service. - (a) Any member of the Connecticut National Guard whom the...
Section 27-35. - Use of rifle ranges on Sunday. - The rifle ranges under control of the Military Department of...
Section 27-36. - Use of rifle ranges by civilian organizations. - Civilian rifle clubs affiliated with the National Rifle Association of...
Section 27-37. - Interstate compacts for mutual military aid. - (a)(1) With the prior or subsequent consent of the Congress...
Section 27-38. - Form of compact. - The form of such compact shall be as follows: AN...
Section 27-38f. - New England Disaster Training Center activity account. - There is established an account to be known as the...
Section 27-39. - Use, maintenance, security and leasing of military facilities and other military property. Military facilities account. Report. - (a) As used in this section “military facility” means any...
Section 27-39a. - Camp Nett at Niantic and Camp Hartell named. - (a) The state military training facility in Niantic shall be...
Section 27-40. - Space in armories for use of naval militia. - The Adjutant General shall, at the request of the commander...
Section 27-41. - Accountability for military property. - The commanding officer of each organization of the organized militia...
Section 27-42. - Loss and misuse of military property. - Section 27-42 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1267; 1967, P.A....
Section 27-43. - Injury and destruction of military property. - Any person who wilfully or wantonly injures or destroys any...
Section 27-44. - Improper receipt of military property. - Any person who knowingly purchases or receives in pawn or...
Section 27-45. - Purchase and construction of armories. - In towns in which one or more military companies are...
Section 27-46. - Federal grants for armories and military facilities. - The Governor is authorized (a) to apply for and receive...
Section 27-46a. - Use of proceeds from sale of armories. - Section 27-46a is repealed and any balance remaining in the...
Section 27-46b. - Transfer of proceeds from sale of armories. - The proceeds derived from the sale of armories constructed under...
Section 27-47. - Allowance for uniforms and equipment. - Each commissioned and warrant officer of the organized militia of...
Section 27-48. - Payment for uniforms of National Guard and naval militia officers inducted into United States services. - Section 27-48 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1272; February, 1965,...
Section 27-49. - Appointment of commissioned officers. - Officers of the National Guard and naval militia shall be...
Section 27-50. - Rank of members of naval militia. - No member of the naval militia shall hold a higher...
Section 27-51. - Staff officers: Military training required; term of service. - No staff officer of the armed forces of the state,...
Section 27-52. - Discharge of commissioned officers. - At any time the moral character, or capacity or general...
Section 27-53. - Retirement of members. Retirement promotions. - (a) When a member of the armed forces of the...
Section 27-54. - Status of retired members. - Members on the retired list shall serve thereon without pay;...
Section 27-55. - Period of enlistment and qualifications. - The period of enlistment and qualifications to enlist in the...
Section 27-56. - Enlistment in the Governor's Guards. - Section 27-56 is repealed, effective June 7, 2016. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 27-57. - Discharge of enlisted persons. - Each person who has served the prescribed period of enlistment...
Section 27-58. - Dismissal of members of Governor's Guards. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27-52, the commanding officer of...
Section 27-59. - Discrimination prohibited. - Subject to federal law or regulation governing membership in the...
Section 27-60. - Limited liability and immunity from arrest. - If any person or persons, resisting the laws of the...
Section 27-61. - Definitions. Pay and allowances. - (a) As used in this part: (1) “Member of the...
Section 27-61a. - Additional pay for active service on or after September 11, 2001. - (a) As used in this section, “eligible member or veteran”...
Section 27-62. - Allowance to officers of military units for office and clerical expenses. - Within the funds appropriated to the Military Department, the Adjutant...
Section 27-63. - Allowance to officers of organized militia for custody of property. - Commanding officers and supply officers of the organized militia, bonded...
Section 27-64. - Armories. - Each company of the Governor's Guards shall be entitled to...
Section 27-65. - Aid or compensation for military or naval organizations. - No military or naval organization shall receive from the state...
Section 27-66. - Appropriations for special services of the militia. - The Governor may, at any time, by a writing signed...
Section 27-67. - Compensation under Workers' Compensation Act. - (a) A member of the armed forces of the state...
Section 27-67a. - Disability incident to state service prior to June 6, 1977. - Section 27-67a is repealed, effective October 1, 2013. (P.A. 77-552,...
Section 27-68. - Payments for injuries. - Section 27-68 is repealed, effective July 1, 2005. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 27-69 and 27-69a. - Death benefits. Death benefits for deaths between September 11, 2001, and June 30, 2006. - Sections 27-69 and 27-69a are repealed, effective October 1, 2013....
Section 27-70. - Reimbursement for damages caused by armed forces personnel. - The Comptroller is authorized, upon the approval of the Attorney...
Section 27-71. - Long service medals. - The Adjutant General, upon receipt of an application, shall present...
Section 27-72. - Medal of valor. - The Adjutant General and two officers of field grade or...
Section 27-73. - Medal of merit. - The Adjutant General and two officers of field grade or...
Section 27-73a. - Emergency service awards. - The Adjutant General, at his or her discretion, may issue...
Section 27-73b. - Outstanding unit awards. - The Adjutant General shall issue an appropriate service ribbon to...
Section 27-73c. - Selected reserve force awards. - The Adjutant General may issue the selected reserve force ribbon...
Section 27-73d. - Service ribbons for military operations after September 11, 2001. - The Adjutant General may issue an appropriate service ribbon to...
Section 27-73e. - Ribbons and medals for veterans who served in time of war and honorably discharged armed forces reservists who served during period of war. Regulations. - The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs in conjunction with the Adjutant...
Section 27-73f. - Achievement ribbons. - The Adjutant General shall issue an achievement ribbon to the...
Section 27-73g. - Medal of achievement. - The Adjutant General and two officers of field grade or...
Section 27-73h. - Military recruitment ribbon. - Except as provided in this section, the Adjutant General shall...
Section 27-73i. - Civilian medal of merit. - The Adjutant General and two officers of field grade or...
Section 27-73j. - Ribbons and medals for members of the Hmong Laotian special guerilla units. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27-73e, the Commissioner of Veterans...
Section 27-73k. - Military funeral honors ribbon. - The Adjutant General may issue a military funeral honors ribbon...
Section 27-74. - Service emblem of State Guard. - The Adjutant General shall present, upon application, to all members...
Section 27-75. - Memorials to veterans and military service. - Memorials to veterans of the armed forces of the state...
Section 27-76. - Honor guard detail at funeral of veteran of United States armed forces or National Guard. - When requested by the commander of any accredited veteran organization...
Section 27-77. - Disposition of battle flags. - All battle flags of Connecticut troops in the possession of...
Section 27-78. - Standards of State Guard. - Within six months after the mustering out of any regiment...
Section 27-79. - organizational structure and composition. Regulations, bylaws, circulars and orders. - The Governor shall determine the organizational structure of the militia...
Section 27-80. - “Dependent” and “separation allowance” defined. - Dependent”, as used in this chapter, means a blood relation...
Section 27-81. - Separation allowance provided. - Whenever the armed forces of the state are called into...
Section 27-82. - Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to administer separation allowances. - The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs is authorized to administer the...
Section 27-83. - Amount of separation allowances. - Separation allowances for such dependents shall be paid on a...
Section 27-84. - List of dependents to be filed. - Whenever a person enlists in the armed forces of the...
Section 27-85. - When allowances are not to be paid. - So much of this chapter as relates to separation allowances...
Section 27-86. - Funds to pay allowances; State Treasurer authorized to borrow. - Whenever the provisions of this chapter relating to separation allowances...
Section 27-87 to 27-100. - Discipline. - Sections 27-87 to 27-100, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 27-100a. - Military Relief Fund. Regulations. Annual report. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “department” means the...
Section 27-100b. - Volunteer service program. Report. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “member” means a...
Section 27-100c. - Contact list for service members and veterans. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “department” means the...
Section 27-100d. - Toll-free telephone number for referrals for benefits and services. - The Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide a toll-free telephone...
Section 27-100e. - Therapy support groups. - The Military Department, through its family program, shall publicize to...
Section 27-100f. - Internet informational page listing benefits, services or programs. Internet publication of content dedicated to matters of concern for women veterans. List of qualified veterans' charitable organizations. - (a)(1) On or before July 1, 2012, the Department of...
Section 27-100g. - Connecticut women veterans' program. - The Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish, within available resources,...
Chapter 505 - Private Military Forces
Section 27-101. - Definition. - Private military force”, as used in this chapter, includes any...
Section 27-102. - Constitution, rules, bylaws and roster of membership to be filed with secretary. Penalty. - The officers of any private military force shall, immediately upon...
Chapter 505a - United States Armed Forces
Section 27-102a. - Exemption from fees, taxes and fines for members of armed forces. - (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes with respect...
Section 27-102b. - Credits and exemptions re state licensure and certification requirements for training, schooling or experience while serving as a member of the armed forces. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation...
Chapter 506 - Veterans
Section 27-102l. - Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans Residential Services facility. Office of Advocacy and Assistance. Powers and duties. Regulations. - (a) There shall be a Department of Veterans Affairs. The...
Section 27-102m. - Commissioner to investigate complaints re conduct or treatment of veterans or family members. - The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, in his or her discretion,...
Section 27-102n. - Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Members. Duties. Annual report. - (a) There shall be a Board of Trustees for the...
Section 27-102o. - Department authorized to receive and expend funds for Women in Military Service for America Memorial. - The Department of Veterans Affairs may, subject to any limitations...
Section 27-102p. - Annual report of veterans' benefits. - (a) Not later than July 15, 2007, and annually thereafter,...
Section 27-102q. - Benefits for veterans discharged on basis of sexual orientation. - (a) For purposes of this section, “veteran” means any person...
Section 27-103. - Definitions. Qualifying Review Board. Discharge based on veteran's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Application, review, recommendation, reconsideration and appeal. - (a) As used in the general statutes, except chapter 504,...
Section 27-104, 27-104a and 27-105. - Veterans' Home and Hospital Commission. Civil actions, claims and demands against commission members or employees; immunity; indemnification; representation by Attorney General. Officers; treasurer. - Sections 27-104, 27-104a and 27-105 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 27-106. - Duties of commissioner re Veterans Residential Services facility and Healthcare Center. Expenditures from institutional general welfare fund. November eleventh exercises. - (a) The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall adopt and enforce...
Section 27-106a. - Facility licensure applications by Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. Exemptions. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any...
Section 27-107. - State police duty. Regulation of traffic upon grounds of Department of Veterans Affairs. - (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall...
Section 27-108. - Admission to Veterans Residential Services facility or Healthcare Center. Discharge. Transfer. Payment. - (a) Any veteran who meets active military, naval or air...
Section 27-109. - Hospital care. - Any hospital, upon request of the commissioner, shall furnish any...
Section 27-109a. - Veterans' health registry. Disclosure of registry information. - (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs may establish and maintain,...
Section 27-110. - Commitment of mentally ill veterans. Transfer to federal agency. - (a) When it appears that any veteran is eligible for...
Section 27-111 to 27-115. - Fees for commitment. Care elsewhere than in Veterans' Home and Hospital. Treatment of dipsomaniacs. Commission to investigate complaints. Support of dependents. - Sections 27-111 to 27-115, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 27-115a. - Appropriation. - Obsolete. (1967, P.A. 843, S. 2.)
Section 27-115b. - Eligible family members to participate in programs administered by department. - Eligible family members may participate in a program or service...
Section 27-116. - Weekly allowances to widows of veterans of Civil War or Spanish-American War. - Section 27-116 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 27-117. - Disclosure of property of applicant. - Any person who has in his or her possession or...
Section 27-118. - Funeral expenses. - (a) When any veteran or member, as defined in subsection...
Section 27-119. - Veterans' headstones, services to be provided by state. - When the grave of any person who, in time of...
Section 27-119a. - Markers for graves of colonial and Revolutionary War veterans. - The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall, upon application made by...
Section 27-120. - Memorials for veterans buried abroad or missing. - If any person who, in time of war, served in...
Section 27-121. - Municipal memorials for deceased and missing veterans. - If the chief executive authority of any municipality which had...
Section 27-122. - Plot in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven. - Section 27-122 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2944; 1963, P.A....
Section 27-122a. - Establishment of veterans' cemetery. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall...
Section 27-122b. - Eligibility for burial in veterans' cemetery. Consecrated area designation. - (a) As used in this section, “veteran” means any person...
Section 27-123. - Graves of soldiers and sailors. - In each city and town there shall be appointed annually,...
Section 27-124. - Celebrations and memorials. - Any town, at a town meeting warned and held for...
Section 27-124a. - Veterans and Military Tourism Trail. - The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, or the commissioner's designee, may...
Section 27-125. - Temporary assistance. - Any veteran who is a citizen of this state and...
Section 27-126. - Aid restricted. - No person shall receive aid under the provisions of this...
Section 27-127. - Veterans' Relief Fund. - Section 27-127 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2947; 1972, P.A....
Section 27-128. - Transfer of moneys between Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund and appropriations to Department of Veterans Affairs. - The Governor may transfer, from time to time, as may...
Section 27-129. - Conservator for incompetent veteran. - When an application is filed for the appointment of a...
Section 27-130. - Acquisition of property by veterans' organizations. - The American Legion, The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the...
Section 27-131. - Preservation of Spanish War records. - (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services is authorized to maintain...
Section 27-132 and 27-133. - Roster of Connecticut men and women in armed forces during the First World War. Distribution and sale of World War I roster. - Sections 27-132 and 27-133 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002....
Section 27-134. - Copies of statutes for veterans' organizations. - The Secretary of the State shall, upon request, provide each...
Section 27-135. - Local veterans' advisory committee. Municipal veterans' representative. - (a) Any city or town, either separately or with one...
Section 27-136. - Powers of attorney granted by persons in armed forces. - No person who acts under a power of attorney of...
Section 27-137. - Acknowledgments by persons serving in armed forces and spouses. - In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner...
Section 27-138. - Custody and administration of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund. Annual disbursement to American Legion. Use of funds. Treatment of gifts, bequests and donations. - (a) The Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund shall remain as...
Section 27-138a. - Availability of regulations of fund, bylaws of American Legion and applications for aid from fund. - The administrator of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund shall...
Section 27-138b. - Hearing on denial of aid. - Any applicant denied aid under section 27-140 shall be given...
Section 27-138c. - Appeal. - Any person aggrieved by a decision of the administrator rendered...
Section 27-138d. - Expenses incurred in connection with premises used by fund administrator. - Section 27-138d is repealed, effective July 1, 2014. (P.A. 76-434,...
Section 27-138e. - Annual independent audit of fund expenditures. Audit report. - (a) The American Legion shall, on or before January fifteenth...
Section 27-138f. - Transfer of furnishings, equipment and supplies to American Legion. Retention of documents. - All furnishings, equipment, and supplies in the possession of the...
Section 27-138g. - Use of office space in state-owned or state-leased buildings by American Legion. Payment of rental or lease. - With the approval of the Department of Administrative Services, the...
Section 27-138h. - Disclosure of certain fund records under Freedom of Information Act. Access to records by Treasurer. Exceptions. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “personal information” means...
Section 27-139. - Increase of fund. - Section 27-139 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2958; 1955, S....
Section 27-140. - Expenditure. - All money so paid to and received by the American...
Section 27-140aa. - Definitions. - As used in this part: (1) “Agent orange” means the...
Section 27-140bb. - Commission: Establishment; membership; termination. - (a) There is established a Vietnam Herbicides Information Commission which...
Section 27-140cc. - Duties of commission. Reports. - (a) The commission shall advise the Department of Veterans Affairs...
Section 27-140dd. - Duties of department. - The department, in conjunction and consultation with the Department of...
Section 27-140ee. - Report concerning veteran who may have been exposed to Vietnam herbicides. Disclosure of information. - (a) A physician or an advanced practice registered nurse who...
Section 27-140a to 27-140m. - Bonus for Veterans of Vietnam Era, generally. - Sections 27-140a to 27-140m, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 27-140ff to 27-140hh. - Definitions. Commission established; membership; vacancies. Duties of commission; reports. - Sections 27-140ff to 27-140hh, inclusive, are repealed, effective June 1,...
Section 27-140ii. - Assistance to members of the Connecticut National Guard and veterans to obtain federal treatment services for depleted uranium exposure. Report re adequacy of training and feasibility of predeployment training. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Eligible member” means...
Section 27-140n. - Payment of World War II and Korean veterans' bonuses. - Section 27-140n is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1971, P.A....
Section 27-140o to 27-140y. - Definitions. Bonus amount. Duties and powers of State Treasurer. Payment of expenses. Application on behalf of incapable veteran. Compensation prohibited, when. Right or payment not subject to claims or deemed assets und... - Sections 27-140o to 27-140y, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Chapter 507 - Connecticut Code of Military Justice
Section 27-141. - Definitions. - In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “State...
Section 27-142. - Applicability of chapter. - This code applies to all members of the state military...
Section 27-143. - Dismissal of commissioned officer. - (a) If any commissioned officer, dismissed by order of the...
Section 27-144. - Applicability of code in and out of state. - (a) This code applies throughout the state. It also applies...
Section 27-145. - Judge advocates and legal officers. - (a) The Governor, on the recommendation of the Adjutant General,...
Section 27-146. - Apprehension of offenders. Quelling of disturbances. - (a) As used in this section, “apprehend” means take into...
Section 27-147. - Apprehension of deserters by civil officers. - Any civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the...
Section 27-148. - Arrest or confinement of enlisted personnel and officers. - (a) As used in this section, “arrest” means the restraint...
Section 27-149. - Restraint of persons charged with offenses. - Any person subject to this code charged with an offense...
Section 27-150. - Place of confinement. - Persons confined other than in a guard house, whether before,...
Section 27-151. - Duty of community correctional center, jail and prison officers. - (a) No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master at...
Section 27-152. - Punishment prohibited before trial. - Subject to section 27-199, no person, while being held for...
Section 27-153. - Trial by civil authority. - (a) Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the...
Section 27-154. - Nonjudicial disciplinary punishments for minor offenses. - (a) Under rules prescribed by the Military Department, limitations may...
Section 27-155. - Kinds of courts-martial. - (a) In the state military forces not in federal service,...
Section 27-156. - Jurisdiction of forces. - Each force of the state military forces shall have court-martial...
Section 27-157. - Jurisdiction of general courts-martial. - Subject to section 27-156, general courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to...
Section 27-158. - Jurisdiction of special courts-martial. - Subject to section 27-156, special courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to...
Section 27-159. - Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial. - (a) Subject to section 27-156, summary courts-martial shall have jurisdiction...
Section 27-160. - Approval of Governor prerequisite to execution of dismissal or dishonorable discharge sentence. - In the state military forces not in federal service, no...
Section 27-161. - Court-martial to have complete record of procedures and testimony. - No dishonorable discharge, bad conduct discharge or dismissal shall be...
Section 27-162. - Sentence of confinement in lieu of fine. - In the state military forces not in federal service, a...
Section 27-163. - Convening of general courts-martial by Governor. - In the state military forces not in federal service, general...
Section 27-164. - Commanding officer may convene special courts-martial. - (a) In the state military forces not in federal service,...
Section 27-165. - Commanding officer may convene summary courts-martial. - (a) In the state military forces not in federal service,...
Section 27-166. - Who may serve on courts-martial. - (a) Any commissioned officer of or on duty with the...
Section 27-167. - Military judge of general or special court-martial. - (a) The Adjutant General or his designee shall appoint each...
Section 27-168. - Trial and defense counsel. - (a) For each general and special court-martial the authority convening...
Section 27-169. - Court reporters. Interpreters. - The convening authority of a general or special court-martial or...
Section 27-170. - Absent and additional members. - (a) No member of a general or special court-martial shall...
Section 27-171. - Preferring of charges. - (a) Charges and specifications shall be signed by a person...
Section 27-172. - Protection against self-incrimination. - (a) No person subject to this code shall compel any...
Section 27-173. - Preliminary investigation. Rights of accused. - (a) No charge or specification shall be referred to a...
Section 27-174. - Charges and investigation papers forwarded to Governor. - When a person is held for trial by general court-martial...
Section 27-175. - Advice of staff judge advocate and reference for trial. Corrections in charges and specifications. - (a) Before directing the trial of any charge by general...
Section 27-176. - Service of charges on accused. Time for trial. - The trial counsel to whom court-martial charges are referred for...
Section 27-177. - Mittimus for confinement on failure to appear for trial. Bail. Confinement pending trial. - When an accused person has been arrested for failure to...
Section 27-178. - Procedure. Rules of evidence. - The procedure, including modes of proof, in cases before military...
Section 27-179. - Censure of court or member, coercion prohibited. - (a) No authority convening a general, special or summary court-martial...
Section 27-180. - Court-martial. Prosecution. Trial counsel. Defense counsel. Assistant counsel. - (a) The trial counsel of a general or special court-martial...
Section 27-181. - Sessions. - (a) At any time after the service of charges which...
Section 27-182. - Continuance. - A military judge or a court-martial may, for reasonable cause,...
Section 27-183. - Challenges. - (a) The military judge and members of a general or...
Section 27-184. - Oaths. - (a) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, members of...
Section 27-185. - Statute of limitations. - (a) A person charged with desertion or absence without leave...
Section 27-186. - Second trial for same offense prohibited. - (a) No person shall, without his consent, be tried a...
Section 27-187. - Pleading by accused. - If an accused arraigned before a court-martial makes an irregular...
Section 27-188. - Obtaining of witnesses and evidence. - (a) The trial counsel, the defense counsel and the court-martial...
Section 27-189. - Refusal of witness to appear. Witness fees. - (a) Any person not subject to this code who: (1)...
Section 27-190. - Contempt. - A military court may punish for contempt any person who...
Section 27-191. - Depositions. - (a) At any time after charges have been signed, as...
Section 27-192. - Sworn testimony in record of court of inquiry admissible, when. - (a) In any case not extending to the dismissal of...
Section 27-193. - Voting by members of court-martial. Rulings on questions. Determinations by military judge. - (a) Voting by members of a general or special court-martial...
Section 27-194. - Two-thirds vote required for conviction and sentence. Majority vote for other questions. Tie vote. - (a) No person may be convicted of an offense, except...
Section 27-195. - Announcement of findings and sentence. - A court-martial shall announce its findings and sentence to the...
Section 27-196. - Record of proceedings. Authentication. Copy to accused. - (a) Each court-martial shall keep a separate record of the...
Section 27-197. - Cruel punishments prohibited. - Punishment by flogging, or by branding, marking or tattooing on...
Section 27-198. - Governor to prescribe table of maximum punishments. - The punishment which a court-martial may direct for an offense...
Section 27-199. - Forfeiture of pay and allowances. Running of period of confinement. - (a) Whenever a sentence of a court-martial as lawfully adjudged...
Section 27-200. - Place of confinement. Hard labor. - (a) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a military court,...
Section 27-201. - Authority of convening authority over execution of sentence. - Except as provided in sections 27-161 and 27-207, a court-martial...
Section 27-202. - Record forwarded to convening authority. Action thereon. - After a trial by court-martial the record shall be forwarded...
Section 27-203. - Record of general court-martial referred to staff judge advocate. - The convening authority shall refer the record of each general...
Section 27-204. - Return of record to court for reconsideration or correction of error. - (a) If a specification before a court-martial has been dismissed...
Section 27-205. - Convening authority may order rehearing. - (a) If the convening authority disapproves the findings and sentence...
Section 27-206. - Approval by convening authority. - In acting on the findings and sentence of a court-martial,...
Section 27-207. - Review by Governor or Judge Advocate. - (a) If the convening authority is the Governor, his action...
Section 27-208. - Effect of error of law. Approval of guilty finding may be limited to lesser offense. - (a) A finding or sentence of a court-martial may not...
Section 27-209. - Rights of accused before reviewing authority. - (a) Upon the final review of a sentence of a...
Section 27-210. - Vacation of suspension of sentence. - (a) Before the vacation of the suspension of a special...
Section 27-211. - Petition for new trial. - At any time within two years after approval by the...
Section 27-212. - Remission or suspension of unexecuted part of sentence. Substitution of administrative discharge for court-martial discharge. - (a) A convening authority may remit or suspend any part...
Section 27-213. - Restoration of rights and property after sentence set aside or disapproved. Different form of discharge after new trial. Reappointment of officer after new trial. - (a) Under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe, all...
Section 27-214. - Finality and binding effect of actions. - The proceedings, findings and sentences of courts-martial as reviewed and...
Section 27-215. - No trial for offense not committed on duty. - No person may be tried or punished for any offense...
Section 27-216. - Principal defined. - Any person subject to this code who: (1) Commits an...
Section 27-217. - Accessory after the fact. - Any person subject to this code who, knowing that an...
Section 27-218. - Finding of guilty of offense included in charge or of attempt to commit offense charged or included in charge. - An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily...
Section 27-219. - Attempt to commit an offense. - (a) An act, done with specific intent to commit an...
Section 27-220. - Conspiracy. - Any person subject to this code who conspires with any...
Section 27-221. - Solicitation to desertion, mutiny, misbehavior or sedition. - (a) Any person subject to this code who solicits or...
Section 27-222. - Procuring of enlistment or separation by false representations or concealment. - Any person who: (1) Procures his own enlistment or appointment...
Section 27-223. - Effecting of enlistment, appointment or separation of ineligible person. - Any person subject to this code who effects an enlistment...
Section 27-224. - Desertion. - (a) Any member of the state military forces who: (1)...
Section 27-225. - Absence without leave. - Any person subject to this code who, without authority: (1)...
Section 27-226. - Missing movement. - Any person subject to this code who through neglect or...
Section 27-227. - Contempt towards President or Governor. - Any person subject to this code who uses contemptuous words...
Section 27-228. - Disrespect towards superior officer. - Any person subject to this code who behaves with disrespect...
Section 27-229. - Assaulting or disobeying command of superior officer. - Any person subject to this code who: (1) Strikes his...
Section 27-230. - Offenses against warrant officer, noncommissioned officer or petty officer. - Any warrant officer or enlisted member who: (1) Strikes or...
Section 27-231. - Failure to obey orders or regulations. - Any person subject to this code who: (1) Violates or...
Section 27-232. - Cruelty, oppression or maltreatment of subordinate. - Any person subject to this code who is guilty of...
Section 27-233. - Mutiny. Sedition. - (a) Any person subject to this code who: (1) With...
Section 27-234. - Resisting or breaking arrest. Escape. - Any person subject to this code who resists apprehension or...
Section 27-235. - Illegal release of prisoner. Aiding escape. - Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority,...
Section 27-236. - Illegal arrest or confinement of another. - Any person subject to this code who, except as provided...
Section 27-237. - Unnecessary delay in disposition of case. Failure to observe trial provisions. - Any person subject to this code who: (1) Is responsible...
Section 27-238. - Misbehavior in presence of enemy. - Any person subject to this code who before or in...
Section 27-239. - Compelling surrender or abandonment to enemy. - Any person subject to this code who compels or attempts...
Section 27-240. - Disclosure of parole or countersign. - Any person subject to this code who in time of...
Section 27-241. - Forcing of safeguard. - Any person subject to this code who forces a safeguard...
Section 27-242. - Illegal disposition of captured property. Looting. - (a) All persons subject to this code shall secure all...
Section 27-243. - Aiding enemy. - Any person subject to this code who: (1) Aids, or...
Section 27-244. - Improper acts as prisoner of war. - Any person subject to this code who, while in the...
Section 27-245. - False official statements. - Any person subject to this code who, with intent to...
Section 27-246. - Misuse of military property. - Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority:...
Section 27-247. - Misuse of government property other than military. - Any person subject to this code who wilfully or recklessly...
Section 27-248. - Wrongful hazard of military vessel. - (a) Any person subject to this code who wilfully and...
Section 27-249. - Drunken or reckless operation of vehicle. - Any person subject to this code who operates any vehicle...
Section 27-250. - Drinking or sleeping on duty; leaving post before relieved. - Any person subject to this code who is found drunk...
Section 27-251. - Dueling. - Any person subject to this code who fights or promotes,...
Section 27-252. - Malingering; intentional self-injury. - Any person subject to this code who for the purposes...
Section 27-253. - Riot. Breach of peace. - Any person subject to this code who causes or participates...
Section 27-254. - Use of provocative or reproachful words or gestures towards another. - Any person subject to this code who uses provoking or...
Section 27-255. - Attempt to harm another. - Any person subject to this code who attempts or offers...
Section 27-256. - Perjury. - Any person subject to this code who in a judicial...
Section 27-257. - Fraudulent claims. False oath. Forgery. Fraud. - Any person subject to this code: (1) Who, knowing it...
Section 27-258. - Larceny; wrongful appropriation. - (a) Any person subject to this code who wrongfully takes,...
Section 27-259. - Conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. - Any commissioned officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an...
Section 27-260. - Crimes excepted from court-martial jurisdiction. - Though not specifically mentioned in this code, all disorders and...
Section 27-261. - Court of inquiry. - (a) Courts of inquiry to investigate any matter may be...
Section 27-262. - Administration of oaths. - (a) The following members of the state military forces may...
Section 27-263. - Code to be explained to military personnel. - Sections 27-142, 27-146 to 27-154, inclusive, 27-166, 27-168, 27-179, 27-197,...
Section 27-264. - Complaint against superior officers. - Any member of the state military forces who believes himself...
Section 27-265. - Investigation of complaint of damage by military personnel. Assessment of damages. - (a) Whenever complaint is made to any commanding officer that...
Section 27-266. - Execution of process and sentences by civil officers. - In the state military forces not in federal service, the...
Section 27-267. - Issuance and execution of process by military courts. - (a) Military courts may issue any process or mandate necessary...
Section 27-268. - Payment of fines. - Fines imposed by a military court may be paid to...
Section 27-269. - Immunity for action of military court. - No accused may bring an action or proceeding against the...
Section 27-270. - Presumption of jurisdiction of military courts and boards. - The jurisdiction of the military courts and boards established by...
Section 27-271. - Governor may delegate certain authority. - The Governor may delegate any authority vested in him under...
Section 27-272. - Payment of court expenses. - The expenses incident to and connected with the holding of...
Section 27-273. - Uniform construction. - This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its...
Section 27-274. - Short title: Connecticut Code of Military Justice. - This chapter may be cited as the “Connecticut Code of...