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Subtitle 1 - General Provisions
Section 13A-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the...
Section 13A-102 - Persons Subject to This Title; Jurisdiction - (a) This title applies to all members of the State...
Section 13A-103 - Jurisdiction to Try Certain Personnel - (a) (1) Each person discharged from the State military forces...
Section 13A-104 - Territorial Applicability of the Title - (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, this...
Section 13A-105 - Judge Advocates - (a) The senior force judge advocates in each of the...
Section 13A-106 - Rights of the Victim of an Offense Under This Title - (a) A victim of an offense under this title has...
Subtitle 2 - Apprehension and Restraint
Section 13A-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 13A-202 - Apprehension - (a) A person authorized by this title or by 10...
Section 13A-203 - Imposition of Restraint - (a) (1) An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest...
Section 13A-204 - Restraint of Persons Charged With Offenses - (a) A person subject to this title charged with an...
Section 13A-205 - Place of Confinement; Reports and Receiving of Prisoners - (a) If a person subject to this title is confined...
Section 13A-206 - Punishment Prohibited Before Trial - No person, while being held for trial or awaiting a...
Section 13A-207 - Delivery of Offenders to Civil Authorities - (a) A person subject to this title accused of an...
Subtitle 3 - Non-Judicial Punishment
Section 13A-301 - Commanding Officer's Non-Judicial Punishment - (a) (1) Under such regulations as prescribed, a commanding officer...
Subtitle 4 - Court-Martial Jurisdiction
Section 13A-401 - Courts-Martial Classified - (a) The three kinds of courts–martial are: (1) General courts–martial,...
Section 13A-402 - Jurisdiction of Courts-Martial in General - (a) Each component of the State military forces has court–martial...
Section 13A-403 - Jurisdiction of General Courts-Martial - Subject to § 13A–402 of this subtitle, general courts–martial have...
Section 13A-404 - Jurisdiction of Special Courts-Martial - (a) Subject to § 13A–402 of this subtitle, special courts–martial...
Section 13A-405 - Jurisdiction of Summary Courts-Martial - (a) Subject to § 13A–402 of this title, summary courts–martial...
Subtitle 5 - Appointment and Composition of Courts-Martial
Section 13A-501 - Who May Convene General Courts-Martial - (a) A general court–martial may be convened by: (1) the...
Section 13A-502 - Who May Convene Special Courts-Martial - (a) A special court–martial may be convened by: (1) a...
Section 13A-503 - Who May Convene Summary Courts-Martial - (a) A summary court–martial may be convened by: (1) a...
Section 13A-504 - Who May Serve on Courts-Martial - (a) A commissioned officer of the State military forces is...
Section 13A-505 - Military Judge of a General or Special Court-Martial - (a) (1) A military judge shall be detailed to each...
Section 13A-506 - Detail of Trial Counsel and Defense Counsel - (a) (1) For each general and special court–martial, the authority...
Section 13A-507 - Detail or Employment of Reporters and Interpreters - Under such regulations as may be adopted, the convening authority...
Section 13A-508 - Absent, Alternate, and Additional Members - (a) A member of a general or special court–martial may...
Subtitle 6 - Pre-Trial Procedure
Section 13A-601 - Charges and Specifications - (a) Charges and specifications shall be signed by a person...
Section 13A-602 - Certain Proceedings Conducted Before Referral - (a) Proceedings may be conducted to review, or otherwise act...
Section 13A-603 - Compulsory Self-Incrimination Prohibited - (a) A person subject to this title may not compel...
Section 13A-604 - Preliminary Hearing Required Before Referral to General Court-Martial - (a) In this section, “victim” means a person who: (1)...
Section 13A-605 - Advice of Judge Advocate and Reference for Trial - (a) (1) Before directing the trial of any charge by...
Section 13A-606 - Service of Charges - (a) Trial counsel detailed for a court–martial under § 13A–506...
Subtitle 7 - Trial Procedure
Section 13A-701 - Military Rules of Evidence and the Rules for Courts-Martial - (a) The Military Rules of Evidence and the Rules for...
Section 13A-702 - Unlawfully Influencing Action of Court - (a) (1) No authority convening a general, special, or summary...
Section 13A-703 - Duties of Trial Counsel and Defense Counsel - (a) The trial counsel of a general or special court–martial...
Section 13A-704 - Sessions - (a) At any time after the service of charges that...
Section 13A-705 - Continuances - The military judge of a court–martial or a summary court–martial...
Section 13A-706 - Challenges - (a) (1) (i) The military judge and members of a...
Section 13A-707 - Oaths or Affirmations - (a) (1) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, general...
Section 13A-708 - Statute of Limitations - (a) A person charged with absence without leave or missing...
Section 13A-709 - Former Jeopardy - (a) A person may not, without the consent of the...
Section 13A-710 - Pleas of the Accused - (a) If an accused after arraignment makes an irregular pleading,...
Section 13A-711 - Opportunity to Obtain Witnesses and Other Evidence - (a) The trial counsel, the defense counsel, and the court–martial...
Section 13A-712 - Refusal to Appear or Testify - A person not subject to this title may be punished...
Section 13A-713 - Contempt - (a) A military judge or summary court–martial officer may punish...
Section 13A-714 - Depositions - (a) At any time after charges have been signed as...
Section 13A-715 - Admissibility of Records of Courts of Inquiry - (a) (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this...
Section 13A-715.1 - Defense of Lack of Mental Responsibility - (a) (1) It is an affirmative defense in a trial...
Section 13A-716 - Voting and Rulings - (a) (1) Voting by members of a general or special...
Section 13A-717 - Number of Votes Required - (a) A person may not be convicted of an offense...
Section 13A-718 - Court to Announce Action - (a) A court–martial shall announce its findings and sentence to...
Section 13A-718.1 - Plea Agreements - (a) (1) At any time before the announcement of findings...
Section 13A-719 - Record of Trial - (a) (1) Each general and special court–martial shall keep a...
Subtitle 8 - Sentences
Section 13A-801 - Cruel and Unusual Punishments Prohibited - (a) Punishment by flogging, or by branding, marking, or tattooing...
Section 13A-802 - Maximum Limits - (a) (1) The punishment which a court–martial may direct for...
Section 13A-803 - Effective Date of Sentences - (a) (1) Whenever a sentence of a court–martial as lawfully...
Section 13A-804 - Deferment of Sentences - (a) (1) On application by an accused who is under...
Section 13A-805 - Execution of Confinement - (a) (1) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a court–martial,...
Section 13A-806 - Sentences: Reduction in Enlisted Grade on Approval - (a) A court–martial sentence of an enlisted member in a...
Section 13A-807 - Sentences: Forfeiture of Pay and Allowances During Confinement - (a) (1) A court–martial sentence described in paragraph (4) of...
Subtitle 9 - Post-Trial Procedure and Review of Courts-Martial
Section 13A-901 - Error of Law; Lesser Included Offense - (a) A finding or sentence of a court–martial may not...
Section 13A-902 - Action by the Convening Authority - (a) The findings and sentence of a court–martial shall be...
Section 13A-903 - Waiver of Right to Appeal - (a) (1) In each case subject to appellate review under...
Section 13A-904 - Appeal by the State - (a) (1) In a trial by general or special court–martial...
Section 13A-905 - Rehearings - (a) (1) Each rehearing under this title shall take place...
Section 13A-906 - Review by the Senior Force Judge Advocate - (a) (1) Each general and special court–martial case in which...
Section 13A-907 - Disposition of Records After Review by the Convening Authority - Except as otherwise required by this title, all records of...
Section 13A-908 - Review by Court of Military Appeals; Appointment, Powers, Practices, and Procedures - (a) (1) Decisions of a court–martial are from a court...
Section 13A-909 - Appellate Counsel - (a) (1) The senior force judge advocate shall detail a...
Section 13A-910 - Vacation of Suspension - (a) (1) Before the vacation of the suspension of a...
Section 13A-911 - Petition for a New Trial - At any time within 2 years after approval by the...
Section 13A-912 - Remission and Suspension - (a) Any authority competent to convene, for the command in...
Section 13A-913 - Restoration - (a) Under such regulations as may be prescribed, all rights,...
Section 13A-914 - Finality of Proceedings, Findings, and Sentences - (a) The appellate review of records of trial provided by...
Section 13A-915 - Leave Required to Be Taken Pending Review of Certain Court-Martial Convictions - (a) Under regulations prescribed, an accused who has been sentenced...
Section 13A-916 - Lack of Mental Capacity or Mental Responsibility: Commitment of Accused for Examination and Treatment - (a) (1) In the case of a person determined under...
Subtitle 10 - Punitive Provisions
Section 13A-1001 - Principals - A person subject to this title is a principal, if...
Section 13A-1002 - Accessory After the Fact - A person subject to this title who, knowing that an...
Section 13A-1003 - Conviction of Lesser Included Offense - An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily...
Section 13A-1004 - Attempts - (a) An act, done with specific intent to commit an...
Section 13A-1005 - Conspiracy - A person subject to this title who conspires with another...
Section 13A-1006 - Soliciting Commission of Offenses - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 13A-1007 - Malingering - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1008 - Breach of Medical Quarantine - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1009 - Desertion - (a) A member of the state military forces is guilty...
Section 13A-1010 - Absence Without Leave - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1011 - Missing Movement; Jumping From Vessel - (a) A person subject to this title who through neglect...
Section 13A-1012 - Resistance, Flight, Breach of Arrest, and Escape - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1013 - Offenses Against Correctional Custody and Restriction - (a) A person subject to this title shall be punished...
Section 13A-1014 - Contempt Toward Officials - A commissioned officer shall be punished as a court–martial may...
Section 13A-1015 - Disrespect Toward Superior Commissioned Officer; Assault of Superior Commissioned Officer - (a) A person subject to this title who behaves with...
Section 13A-1016 - Willfully Disobeying Superior Commissioned Officer - A person subject to this title who willfully disobeys a...
Section 13A-1017 - Insubordinate Conduct Toward Warrant Officer or Noncommissioned Officer - Any warrant officer or enlisted member shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1018 - Failure to Obey Order or Regulation - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1019 - Cruelty and Maltreatment - A person subject to this title who is guilty of...
Section 13A-1020 - Prohibited Activities With Military Recruit or Trainee by Person in Position of Special Trust - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 13A-1021 - Mutiny or Sedition - (a) (1) A person subject to this title is guilty...
Section 13A-1022 - Offenses by Sentinel or Lookout - (a) A sentinel or lookout who is drunk on post,...
Section 13A-1023 - Disrespect Toward Sentinel or Lookout - (a) A person subject to this title who, knowing that...
Section 13A-1024 - Unlawful Detention - A person subject to this title who, except as provided...
Section 13A-1025 - Public Records Offenses - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1026 - Fraudulent Enlistment, Appointment, or Separation - A person shall be punished as a court–martial may direct...
Section 13A-1027 - Unlawful Enlistment, Appointment, or Separation - A person subject to this title who effects an enlistment...
Section 13A-1028 - Forgery - A person subject to this title is guilty of forgery...
Section 13A-1029 - False or Unauthorized Pass Offenses - (a) A person subject to this title who, wrongfully and...
Section 13A-1030 - Impersonation of Officer, Noncommissioned, or Agent or Official - (a) A person subject to this title shall be punished...
Section 13A-1031 - Wearing Unauthorized Insignia, Decoration, Badge, Ribbon, Device, or Lapel Button - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1032 - False Official Statements; False Swearing - (a) A person subject to this title shall be punished...
Section 13A-1033 - Parole Violation - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1034 - Military Property -- Loss, Damage, Destruction, or Wrongful Disposition - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1035 - Captured or Abandoned Property - (a) A person subject to this title shall secure all...
Section 13A-1036 - Property Other Than Military Property -- Waste, Spoilage, or Destruction - A person subject to this title who willfully or recklessly...
Section 13A-1037 - Mail Matter: Wrongful Taking, Opening, Etc - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1038 - Improper Hazarding of Vessel - (a) A person subject to this title who, willfully and...
Section 13A-1039 - Leaving Scene of Vehicle Accident - (a) A person subject to this title shall be punished...
Section 13A-1040 - Drunkenness and Other Incapacitation Offenses - (a) A person subject to this title who is drunk...
Section 13A-1041 - Wrongful Use, Possession, etc., of Controlled Substances - (a) A person subject to this title who wrongfully uses,...
Section 13A-1042 - Drunken or Reckless Operation of a Vehicle, Aircraft, or Vessel - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 13A-1043 - Endangerment Offenses - (a) A person subject to this title shall be punished...
Section 13A-1044 - Communicating Threats - (a) A person subject to this title who wrongfully communicates...
Section 13A-1045 - Riot or Breach of Peace - A person subject to this title who causes or participates...
Section 13A-1046 - Provoking Speeches or Gestures - A person subject to this title who uses provoking or...
Section 13A-1047 - Offenses Concerning Government Computers - (a) In this section, “computer” has the meaning stated in...
Section 13A-1048 - Frauds Against the United States - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1049 - Perjury - A person subject to this title is guilty of perjury...
Section 13A-1050 - Subornation of Perjury - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1051 - Obstructing Justice - A person subject to this title who engages in conduct...
Section 13A-1052 - Misprision of Serious Offense - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1053 - Wrongful Refusal to Testify - A person subject to this title who, in the presence...
Section 13A-1054 - Prevention of Authorized Seizure of Property - A person subject to this title who, knowing that one...
Section 13A-1055 - Noncompliance With Procedural Rules - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1056 - Wrongful Interference With Adverse Administrative Proceeding - A person subject to this title shall be punished as...
Section 13A-1057 - Retaliation - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 13A-1058 - Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman - A commissioned officer, cadet, or candidate who is convicted of...
Section 13A-1059 - General Article - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, though not...
Subtitle 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 13A-1101 - Courts of Inquiry - (a) A courts of inquiry to investigate any matter of...
Section 13A-1102 - Authority to Administer Oaths and to Act as Notary - (a) The following persons may administer oaths for the purposes...
Section 13A-1103 - Sections to Be Explained - (a) (1) This subsection applies with respect to §§ 13A–102,...
Section 13A-1104 - Complaints of Wrongs - (a) A member of the state military forces who believes...
Section 13A-1105 - Redress of Injuries to Property - (a) (1) Whenever complaint is made to a commanding officer...
Section 13A-1106 - Delegation by the Governor - The Governor may delegate any authority vested in the Governor...
Section 13A-1107 - Payment of Fines and Disposition Thereof - (a) Fines imposed by a military court or through imposition...
Section 13A-1108 - Uniformity of Interpretation - This title shall be so construed as to effectuate its...
Section 13A-1109 - Immunity for Action of Military Courts - A person acting under the provisions of this title, whether...
Section 13A-1110 - Severability - The provisions of this title are hereby declared to be...
Section 13A-1111 - Short Title - This act may be cited as the Maryland Code of...
Section 13A-1112 - Supersedes Existing State Military Justice Codes - On enactment, this law supersedes all existing statutes, ordinances, directives,...