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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...