Section 130.20. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial  


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  • (a) Subject to
      section 130.17, summary courts-martial shall have  jurisdiction  to  try
      persons  subject to this code, except officers and warrant officers, for
      any offense for which they may be punished by this code.
        (b) No persons with respect to whom courts-martial  have  jurisdiction
      shall  be  brought to trial before a summary court-martial if he objects
      thereto. Where objection to trial  by  summary  court-martial  is  made,
      trial  shall  be  ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be
      appropriate.
        (c) Summary courts-martial  shall  have  the  power  to  sentence  to:
      confinement  with  hard  labor for not exceeding twenty-five days; fines
      not exceeding twenty-five dollars; confinement with hard labor  in  lieu
      of  fines imposed not exceeding one day for each dollar of fine imposed;
      forfeiture of pay and  allowances  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars;
      reprimand;  reduction of non-commissioned officers to an inferior grade;
      and to combine any two or more of  such  punishments  in  the  sentences
      imposed.