Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - State Military Forces and Veterans
Chapter 432 - Texas Code of Military Justice

Section 432.001. Definitions - Sec. 432.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Accuser" means a...

Section 432.002. Persons Subject to Chapter - Sec. 432.002. PERSONS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter applies to...

Section 432.003. Jurisdiction to Try Certain Personnel - Sec. 432.003. JURISDICTION TO TRY CERTAIN PERSONNEL. (a) A person...

Section 432.004. Territorial Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 432.004. TERRITORIAL APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter applies...

Section 432.005. Judge Advocates and Legal Officers - Sec. 432.005. JUDGE ADVOCATES AND LEGAL OFFICERS. (a) The adjutant...

Subchapter B. Apprehension and Restraint; Nonjudicial Punishment

Section 432.008. Apprehension - Sec. 432.008. APPREHENSION. (a) In this subchapter, "apprehend" means to...

Section 432.009. Apprehension of Deserters - Sec. 432.009. APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS. A civil officer or peace...

Section 432.010. Imposition of Restraint - Sec. 432.010. IMPOSITION OF RESTRAINT. (a) In this subchapter: (1)...

Section 432.011. Restraint of Persons Charged With Offenses - Sec. 432.011. RESTRAINT OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH OFFENSES. A person...

Section 432.012. Reports and Receiving of Prisoners - Sec. 432.012. REPORTS AND RECEIVING OF PRISONERS. (a) A provost...

Section 432.013. Punishment Prohibited Before Trial - Sec. 432.013. PUNISHMENT PROHIBITED BEFORE TRIAL. Subject to Section 432.093,...

Section 432.014. Delivery of Offenders to Civil Authorities - Sec. 432.014. DELIVERY OF OFFENDERS TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES. (a) Under...

Section 432.015. Commanding Officer's Nonjudicial Punishment - Sec. 432.015. COMMANDING OFFICER'S NONJUDICIAL PUNISHMENT. (a) Under regulations as...

Subchapter D. Courts-Martial

Section 432.031. Courts-Martial Classified - Sec. 432.031. COURTS-MARTIAL CLASSIFIED. The three kinds of courts-martial in...

Section 432.032. Jurisdiction of Court-Martial in General - Sec. 432.032. JURISDICTION OF COURT-MARTIAL IN GENERAL. Each force of...

Section 432.033. Jurisdiction of General Court-Martial - Sec. 432.033. JURISDICTION OF GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL. (a) Subject to Section...

Section 432.034. Jurisdiction of Special Court-Martial - Sec. 432.034. JURISDICTION OF SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL. (a) Subject to Section...

Section 432.035. Jurisdiction of Summary Court-Martial - Sec. 432.035. JURISDICTION OF SUMMARY COURT-MARTIAL. (a) Subject to Section...

Section 432.036. Jurisdiction of Court-Martial Not Exclusive - Sec. 432.036. JURISDICTION OF COURT-MARTIAL NOT EXCLUSIVE. The provisions of...

Subchapter E. Composition of Courts-Martial

Section 432.041. Who May Convene General Court-Martial - Sec. 432.041. WHO MAY CONVENE GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL. In the militia...

Section 432.042. Who May Convene Special Court-Martial - Sec. 432.042. WHO MAY CONVENE SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL. In the state...

Section 432.043. Who May Convene Summary Court-Martial - Sec. 432.043. WHO MAY CONVENE SUMMARY COURT-MARTIAL. In the state...

Section 432.044. Who May Serve on Court-Martial - Sec. 432.044. WHO MAY SERVE ON COURT-MARTIAL. (a) Any state...

Section 432.045. Military Judge of Court-Martial - Sec. 432.045. MILITARY JUDGE OF COURT-MARTIAL. (a) The authority convening...

Section 432.046. Detail of Trial Counsel and Defense Counsel - Sec. 432.046. DETAIL OF TRIAL COUNSEL AND DEFENSE COUNSEL. (a)...

Section 432.047. Detail or Employment of Reporters and Interpreters - Sec. 432.047. DETAIL OR EMPLOYMENT OF REPORTERS AND INTERPRETERS. Under...

Section 432.048. Absent and Additional Members - Sec. 432.048. ABSENT AND ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. (a) A member of...

Subchapter F. Pretrial Procedure

Section 432.051. Charges and Specifications - Sec. 432.051. CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS. (a) Charges and specifications must...

Section 432.052. Compulsory Self-Incrimination Prohibited - Sec. 432.052. COMPULSORY SELF-INCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a) A person subject to...

Section 432.053. Investigation - Sec. 432.053. INVESTIGATION. (a) A charge or specification may not...

Section 432.054. Forwarding of Charges - Sec. 432.054. FORWARDING OF CHARGES. (a) If a person is...

Section 432.055. Advice of Staff Judge Advocate and Reference for Trial - Sec. 432.055. ADVICE OF STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE AND REFERENCE FOR...

Section 432.056. Service of Charges - Sec. 432.056. SERVICE OF CHARGES. (a) The trial counsel to...

Subchapter G. Trial Procedure

Section 432.061. Procedure - Sec. 432.061. PROCEDURE. The procedure, including modes of proof, in...

Section 432.062. Unlawfully Influencing Action of Court - Sec. 432.062. UNLAWFULLY INFLUENCING ACTION OF COURT. (a) An authority...

Section 432.063. Duties of Trial Counsel and Defense Counsel - Sec. 432.063. DUTIES OF TRIAL COUNSEL AND DEFENSE COUNSEL. (a)...

Section 432.064. Sessions - Sec. 432.064. SESSIONS. (a) At any time after the service...

Section 432.065. Continuances - Sec. 432.065. CONTINUANCES. The military judge or a court-martial without...

Section 432.066. Challenges - Sec. 432.066. CHALLENGES. (a) The military judge and members of...

Section 432.067. Oaths - Sec. 432.067. OATHS. Before performing their respective duties, military judges,...

Section 432.068. Limitations - Sec. 432.068. LIMITATIONS. (a) A person charged with desertion or...

Section 432.069. Former Jeopardy - Sec. 432.069. FORMER JEOPARDY. (a) A person may not be...

Section 432.070. Pleas of Accused - Sec. 432.070. PLEAS OF ACCUSED. (a) If an accused after...

Section 432.071. Opportunity to Obtain Witnesses and Other Evidence - Sec. 432.071. OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN WITNESSES AND OTHER EVIDENCE. (a)...

Section 432.072. Refusal to Appear or Testify - Sec. 432.072. REFUSAL TO APPEAR OR TESTIFY. (a) A person...

Section 432.073. Contempt - Sec. 432.073. CONTEMPT. A military court may punish for contempt...

Section 432.074. Depositions - Sec. 432.074. DEPOSITIONS. (a) At any time after charges have...

Section 432.075. Admissibility of Records of Courts of Inquiry - Sec. 432.075. ADMISSIBILITY OF RECORDS OF COURTS OF INQUIRY. (a)...

Section 432.076. Voting and Rulings - Sec. 432.076. VOTING AND RULINGS. (a) Voting by members of...

Section 432.077. Number of Votes Required - Sec. 432.077. NUMBER OF VOTES REQUIRED. (a) A person may...

Section 432.078. Court-Martial to Announce Action - Sec. 432.078. COURT-MARTIAL TO ANNOUNCE ACTION. A court-martial shall announce...

Section 432.079. Record of Trial - Sec. 432.079. RECORD OF TRIAL. (a) Each general court-martial shall...

Subchapter H. Sentences

Section 432.091. Cruel and Unusual Punishments Prohibited - Sec. 432.091. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS PROHIBITED. Punishment by flogging,...

Section 432.092. Limits - Sec. 432.092. LIMITS. The punishment that a court-martial may direct...

Section 432.093. Effective Date of Sentences - Sec. 432.093. EFFECTIVE DATE OF SENTENCES. (a) If a sentence...

Section 432.094. Execution of Confinement - Sec. 432.094. EXECUTION OF CONFINEMENT. (a) A sentence of confinement...

Subchapter I. Review of Courts-Martial

Section 432.101. Error of Law; Lesser Included Offense - Sec. 432.101. ERROR OF LAW; LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE. (a) A...

Section 432.102. Initial Action on Record - Sec. 432.102. INITIAL ACTION ON RECORD. After trial by court-martial...

Section 432.103. Same General Court-Martial Records - Sec. 432.103. SAME GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL RECORDS. The convening authority shall...

Section 432.104. Reconsideration and Revision - Sec. 432.104. RECONSIDERATION AND REVISION. (a) If a specification before...

Section 432.105. Rehearings - Sec. 432.105. REHEARINGS. (a) If the convening authority disapproves the...

Section 432.106. Approval by Convening Authority - Sec. 432.106. APPROVAL BY CONVENING AUTHORITY. In acting on the...

Section 432.107. Disposition of Records After Review by Convening Authority - Sec. 432.107. DISPOSITION OF RECORDS AFTER REVIEW BY CONVENING AUTHORITY....

Section 432.108. Review by State Judge Advocate General - Sec. 432.108. REVIEW BY STATE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL. (a) In...

Section 432.109. Review by Texas Court of Military Appeals - Sec. 432.109. REVIEW BY TEXAS COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS. (a)...

Section 432.110. Appellate Counsel - Sec. 432.110. APPELLATE COUNSEL. The trial counsel and defense counsel...

Section 432.111. Vacation of Suspension - Sec. 432.111. VACATION OF SUSPENSION. (a) Before the vacation of...

Section 432.112. Petition for New Trial - Sec. 432.112. PETITION FOR NEW TRIAL. At any time within...

Section 432.113. Remission or Suspension - Sec. 432.113. REMISSION OR SUSPENSION. (a) A convening authority may...

Section 432.114. Restoration - Sec. 432.114. RESTORATION. (a) Under regulations the governor prescribes, all...

Section 432.115. Finality of Proceedings, Findings, and Sentences - Sec. 432.115. FINALITY OF PROCEEDINGS, FINDINGS, AND SENTENCES. The appellate...

Subchapter J. Punitive Articles

Section 432.121. Persons to Be Tried or Punished - Sec. 432.121. PERSONS TO BE TRIED OR PUNISHED. A person...

Section 432.122. Principals - Sec. 432.122. PRINCIPALS. A person subject to this chapter is...

Section 432.1225. Penal Code Offenses - Sec. 432.1225. PENAL CODE OFFENSES. A person subject to this...

Section 432.123. Accessory After the Fact - Sec. 432.123. ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT. A person subject to...

Section 432.124. Conviction of Lesser Included Offense - Sec. 432.124. CONVICTION OF LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE. An accused may...

Section 432.125. Attempts - Sec. 432.125. ATTEMPTS. (a) An act done with specific intent...

Section 432.126. Conspiracy - Sec. 432.126. CONSPIRACY. A person subject to this chapter who...

Section 432.127. Solicitation - Sec. 432.127. SOLICITATION. (a) A person subject to this chapter...

Section 432.128. Fraudulent Enlistment, Appointment, or Separation - Sec. 432.128. FRAUDULENT ENLISTMENT, APPOINTMENT, OR SEPARATION. A person shall...

Section 432.129. Unlawful Enlistment, Appointment, or Separation - Sec. 432.129. UNLAWFUL ENLISTMENT, APPOINTMENT, OR SEPARATION. A person subject...

Section 432.130. Desertion - Sec. 432.130. DESERTION. (a) A member of the state military...

Section 432.131. Absence Without Leave - Sec. 432.131. ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE. A person subject to this...

Section 432.132. Missing Movement - Sec. 432.132. MISSING MOVEMENT. A person subject to this chapter...

Section 432.133. Contempt Towards Governor - Sec. 432.133. CONTEMPT TOWARDS GOVERNOR. A person subject to this...

Section 432.134. Disrespect Toward Superior Commissioned Officer - Sec. 432.134. DISRESPECT TOWARD SUPERIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER. A person subject...

Section 432.135. Assaulting or Wilfully Disobeying Superior Commissioned Officer - Sec. 432.135. ASSAULTING OR WILFULLY DISOBEYING SUPERIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER. A...

Section 432.136. Insubordinate Conduct Toward Warrant Officer or Noncommissioned Officer - Sec. 432.136. INSUBORDINATE CONDUCT TOWARD WARRANT OFFICER OR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER....

Section 432.137. Failure to Obey Order or Regulation - Sec. 432.137. FAILURE TO OBEY ORDER OR REGULATION. A person...

Section 432.138. Cruelty and Maltreatment - Sec. 432.138. CRUELTY AND MALTREATMENT. A person subject to this...

Section 432.139. Mutiny, Sedition, Failure to Suppress Mutiny or Sedition - Sec. 432.139. MUTINY, SEDITION, FAILURE TO SUPPRESS MUTINY OR SEDITION....

Section 432.140. Resistance, Breach of Arrest, and Escape - Sec. 432.140. RESISTANCE, BREACH OF ARREST, AND ESCAPE. A person...

Section 432.141. Releasing Prisoner Without Proper Authority - Sec. 432.141. RELEASING PRISONER WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY. A person subject...

Section 432.142. Unlawful Detention of Another - Sec. 432.142. UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF ANOTHER. A person subject to...

Section 432.143. Noncompliance With Procedural Rules - Sec. 432.143. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH PROCEDURAL RULES. A person subject to...

Section 432.151. False Official Statements - Sec. 432.151. FALSE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS. A person subject to this...

Section 432.152. Military Property--Loss, Damage, Destruction, or Wrongful Disposition - Sec. 432.152. MILITARY PROPERTY--LOSS, DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION, OR WRONGFUL DISPOSITION. A...

Section 432.153. Property Other Than Military Property--Waste, Spoilage, or Destruction - Sec. 432.153. PROPERTY OTHER THAN MILITARY PROPERTY--WASTE, SPOILAGE, OR DESTRUCTION....

Section 432.154. Improper Hazarding of Vessel - Sec. 432.154. IMPROPER HAZARDING OF VESSEL. A person subject to...

Section 432.155. Driving While Intoxicated or While Under Influence of Narcotic Drug - Sec. 432.155. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR WHILE UNDER INFLUENCE OF...

Section 432.156. Drunk on Duty; Sleeping on Post; Leaving Post Before Relief - Sec. 432.156. DRUNK ON DUTY; SLEEPING ON POST; LEAVING POST...

Section 432.157. Malingering - Sec. 432.157. MALINGERING. A person subject to this chapter shall...

Section 432.158. Riot or Breach of Peace - Sec. 432.158. RIOT OR BREACH OF PEACE. A person subject...

Section 432.159. Provoking Speeches or Gestures - Sec. 432.159. PROVOKING SPEECHES OR GESTURES. A person subject to...

Section 432.160. Larceny and Wrongful Appropriation - Sec. 432.160. LARCENY AND WRONGFUL APPROPRIATION. (a) A person subject...

Section 432.161. Forgery - Sec. 432.161. FORGERY. A person subject to this chapter is...

Section 432.162. Extortion - Sec. 432.162. EXTORTION. A person subject to this chapter who...

Section 432.163. Assault - Sec. 432.163. ASSAULT. A person subject to this chapter who...

Section 432.164. Perjury - Sec. 432.164. PERJURY. A person subject to this chapter who...

Section 432.165. Frauds Against Government - Sec. 432.165. FRAUDS AGAINST GOVERNMENT. A person subject to this...

Section 432.166. Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman - Sec. 432.166. CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. A...

Section 432.167. General Article - Sec. 432.167. GENERAL ARTICLE. Whether or not specifically mentioned by...

Subchapter J. -1. Sexual Offense Prevention and Response

Section 432.171. Definitions - Sec. 432.171. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Coordinator" means the...

Section 432.172. Sexual Assault and Indecent Assault - Sec. 432.172. SEXUAL ASSAULT AND INDECENT ASSAULT. A person subject...

Section 432.173. State Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Program; Coordinator - Sec. 432.173. STATE SEXUAL OFFENSE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PROGRAM; COORDINATOR....

Section 432.174. Investigation - Sec. 432.174. INVESTIGATION. (a) On the filing of an unrestricted...

Section 432.175. Protective Order - Sec. 432.175. PROTECTIVE ORDER. In accordance with Article 7B.001(a-1), Code...

Section 432.176. Report to Legislature; Legislative Oversight - Sec. 432.176. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE; LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT. (a) The adjutant...

Subchapter K. Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 432.181. Courts of Inquiry - Sec. 432.181. COURTS OF INQUIRY. (a) Courts of inquiry to...

Section 432.182. Authority to Administer Oaths - Sec. 432.182. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER OATHS. (a) The following persons...

Section 432.183. Chapter to Be Explained - Sec. 432.183. CHAPTER TO BE EXPLAINED. This chapter shall be...

Section 432.184. Complaints of Wrongs - Sec. 432.184. COMPLAINTS OF WRONGS. (a) A member of the...

Section 432.185. Redress of Injuries to Property - Sec. 432.185. REDRESS OF INJURIES TO PROPERTY. (a) If complaint...

Section 432.186. Immunity for Action of Military Courts - Sec. 432.186. IMMUNITY FOR ACTION OF MILITARY COURTS. An accused...

Section 432.187. Delegation of Authority by Governor - Sec. 432.187. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY BY GOVERNOR. The governor may...

Section 432.188. Execution of Process and Sentence - Sec. 432.188. EXECUTION OF PROCESS AND SENTENCE. (a) In the...

Section 432.189. Process of Military Courts - Sec. 432.189. PROCESS OF MILITARY COURTS. (a) A military court...

Section 432.190. Payment of Fines, Costs, and Disposition Thereof - Sec. 432.190. PAYMENT OF FINES, COSTS, AND DISPOSITION THEREOF. (a)...

Section 432.191. Presumption of Jurisdiction - Sec. 432.191. PRESUMPTION OF JURISDICTION. The jurisdiction of the military...

Section 432.192. Witnesses' Expenses - Sec. 432.192. WITNESSES' EXPENSES. (a) Persons in the employ of...

Section 432.193. Arrest, Bonds, Laws Applicable - Sec. 432.193. ARREST, BONDS, LAWS APPLICABLE. (a) If charges against...

Section 432.194. Expenses of Administration - Sec. 432.194. EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION. The adjutant general may pay...

Section 432.195. Short Title - Sec. 432.195. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...

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Texas Statutes Subtitle C - State Military Forces and Veterans Chapter 432 - Texas Code of Military Justice

Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - State Military Forces and Veterans
Chapter 432 - Texas Code of Military Justice