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MA Gen L ch 33 § 135 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33 - Militia|Section 135 - National Guard; Representation at Conventions

Section 135. The adjutant general may appoint delegates from the National Guard Association of Massachusetts, Inc. to represent the national guard, army and air, of the commonwealth at the annual conventions of the National Guard Association of the United States. Said adjutant general may also appoint delegates from the Massachusetts National Guard Enlisted Association to attend the annual conventions of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States. The necessary expenses of the delegates so appointed from the active national guard, army or air, may be paid out of military appropriations; provided, however, that no more than a total of thirty delegates shall be appointed annually to attend said conventions; and provided, further, that at no time shall the total amount of expenses paid to any delegate so appointed exceed the rate determined by the human resources division.
MA Gen L ch 33 § 137 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33 - Militia|Section 137 - National Guard Education Assistance Program

Section 137. There shall be a Massachusetts national guard education assistance program. The program shall be administered by the military division which may issue a certificate of exemption from the matriculation fee and tuition to any member of the Massachusetts army or air national guard who is enrolled at any state institution in a program the cost of which is borne by the commonwealth and who is qualified as provided in this section. This certificate shall remain in effect for 1 full academic year and shall be renewed after the student has completed a full academic year of work equal to 30 semester hours, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the military division. A certificate may therefore be in effect for more than 1 year.  To receive benefits from the program, the member shall be a member in good standing of the active Massachusetts army or air national guard at the beginning of each semester that benefits are payable and shall remain a member in good standing of the active Massachusetts army or air national guard throughout the entire semester for which benefits are payable.  Assistance shall continue for the benefit of the member only during such time as the member remains a student in good standing at the institution in which the member is enrolled; provided, however, that no student shall receive the benefits for more than 130 semester hours.  Enrollment of a member in a course at any such institution shall be dependent on the availability of seats. For the purposes of this section, ''availability of seats'' shall mean vacancies that exist in a course after the enrollment of all tuition-paying students and all students who are enrolled under any scholarship or tuition waiver provisions.
MA Gen L ch 33 § 138 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33 - Militia|Section 138 - Joint Base Cape Cod Fire Department

Section 138. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—  ''Chief'', the chief of the Joint Base Cape Cod fire department.  ''Department'', the Joint Base Cape Cod fire department.  ''Joint Base Cape Cod'', approximately 22,000 acres of land owned by the commonwealth in Barnstable county established under chapter 196 of the acts of 1935 and used primarily for military purposes.  (b) There shall be within the military division a Joint Base Cape Cod fire department. The department shall provide air crash crew and fire protection services on the Joint Base Cape Cod. The department shall be under the supervision and control of the chief of the Joint Base Cape Cod fire department.  The chief shall be appointed by the adjutant general and may be removed by the adjutant general for cause after a hearing. The chief shall have charge of extinguishing fires on the Joint Base Cape Cod and the protection of life and property in the event of fire, aircraft mishap or explosion. The chief shall enforce all applicable state and federal fire laws and codes. The chief shall purchase, subject to the approval of the adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee, and maintain all apparatus used by the fire department and shall make other necessary expenditures subject to such further limitations as the adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee may prescribe.  The chief shall enter into mutual aid agreements with surrounding cities and towns as necessary. The chief shall have and exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred or imposed by statute upon engineers in towns, except as otherwise provided by chapter 48. The chief shall appoint a deputy chief and such officers and firefighters as the chief considers necessary and may remove the deputy chief, officers and firefighters for cause after a hearing, subject to any applicable collective bargaining agreement. The chief, deputy chief, officers and firefighters shall be civilian employees of the military division and shall not be subject to General Laws establishing a civil service system. New uniformed members of the department shall be subject to sections 61A and 61B of chapter 31.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the chief shall administer the department. The chief shall make rules and regulations for its operation, shall report annually to the adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee on the condition of the department and at such other times as the adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee shall request.
MA Gen L ch 33 § 139 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33 - Militia|Section 139 - Protection of Assets Classified as Vital to National Security

Section 139. Subject to conditions and limitations as promulgated in regulations by the commander-in-chief, the national guard may use all appropriate means necessary to protect assets vital to national security classified as such according to rules, regulations or instructions promulgated by the United States Department of Defense or the military departments of the United States Department of Defense or as otherwise ordered by the commander-in-chief.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 2 - Persons Subject to This Code; Jurisdiction

Article 2. Persons subject to this code; jurisdiction.  (a) This code shall apply to all members of the state military forces. This code shall not apply to members serving in a title 10 status.  (b) Subject matter jurisdiction shall be established if a nexus exists between an offense, either military or non-military, and the state military force. Courts-martial have primary jurisdiction of military offenses as defined in article 1. A civilian court has primary jurisdiction of a non-military offense when an act or omission violates both this code and local criminal law, foreign or domestic. In such a case, a court-martial may be initiated only after the civilian authority has declined to prosecute or dismissed the charge, provided jeopardy has not attached. Jurisdiction over attempted crimes, conspiracy crimes, solicitation and accessory crimes must be determined by the underlying offense.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 3 - Jurisdiction to Try Certain Personnel

Article 3. Jurisdiction to try certain personnel.  (a) Each person discharged from the state military forces who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained a discharge is, subject to article 43, subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is, after apprehension, subject to this code while in custody under the direction of the state military forces for that trial. Upon conviction of that charge that person is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under this code committed before the fraudulent discharge.  (b) No person who has deserted from the state military forces may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this code by virtue of a separation from any later period of service.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 5 - Territorial Applicability of the Code

Article 5. Territorial applicability of the code.  (a) This code shall apply at all times and in all places subject to jurisdiction as provided in article 2 or, if not in a duty status, when there is a nexus between the act or omission constituting the offense and the efficient functioning of the state military forces; provided, however, that this grant of military jurisdiction shall not preclude or limit civilian jurisdiction over an offense, which is limited only by the prohibition of double jeopardy.  (b) Courts-martial and courts of inquiry may be convened and held in units of the state military forces while those units are serving outside the commonwealth with the same jurisdiction and powers as to persons subject to this code as if the proceedings were held inside the commonwealth, and offenses committed outside the commonwealth may be tried and punished either inside or outside the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 6 - Judge Advocates

Article 6. Judge Advocates.  (a) The senior force judge advocates in each of the commonwealth's military forces or that judge advocate's delegates shall make frequent inspections in the field in supervision of the administration of military justice in that force.  (b) Convening authorities shall at all times communicate directly with their judge advocates in matters relating to the administration of military justice. The judge advocate of any command is entitled to communicate directly with the judge advocate of a superior or subordinate command, or with the state judge advocate.  (c) No person who has acted as a member, military judge, trial counsel, defense counsel or investigating officer, or who has been a witness, in any case may later act as a judge advocate to any reviewing authority upon the same case.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 7 - Apprehension

Article 7. Apprehension.  (a) A person authorized by this code or by 10 U.S.C. section 801, et seq., or by regulations promulgated thereto, to apprehend persons subject to this code, any marshal of a court-martial appointed pursuant to the provisions of this code and any peace officer or civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a state, may do so upon probable cause that an offense has been committed and that the person apprehended committed it.  (b) Commissioned officers, warrant officers, petty officers and noncommissioned officers shall have authority to quell quarrels, frays and disorders among persons subject to this code and to apprehend persons subject to this code who take part therein.  (c) If an offender is apprehended outside the commonwealth, the offender's return to the area shall be in accordance with extradition procedures or by reciprocal agreement.  (d) No person authorized by this article to apprehend persons subject to this code, or any place where such offender is confined, restrained, held or otherwise housed, may require payment of a fee or charge for so receiving, apprehending, confining, restraining, holding or otherwise housing a person except as provided by law.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 9 - Imposition of Restraint

Article 9. Imposition of restraint.  (a) An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest or confinement by a commissioned officer by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or through other persons subject to this code. A commanding officer may authorize warrant officers, petty officers or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted members of the commanding officer's command or subject to the commanding officer's authority into arrest or confinement.  (b) A commissioned officer, a warrant officer or a civilian subject to this code or to trial under this code may be ordered into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose authority the person is subject, by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or by another commissioned officer. The authority to order such persons into arrest or confinement may not be delegated.  (c) No person may be ordered into arrest or confinement except for probable cause.  (d) This article does not limit the authority of persons authorized to apprehend offenders to secure the custody of an alleged offender until proper authority may be notified.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 10 - Restraint of Persons Charged With Offenses

Article 10. Restraint of persons charged with offenses.  A person subject to this code charged with an offense under this code may be ordered into arrest or confinement, as circumstances may require. When a person subject to this code is placed in arrest or confinement prior to trial, immediate steps shall be taken to inform the person of the specific wrong of which the person is accused and diligent steps shall be taken to try the person or to dismiss the charges and release the person.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 11 - Place of Confinement; Reports and Receiving of Prisoners

Article 11. Place of confinement; Reports and receiving of prisoners.  (a) If a person subject to this code is confined before, during or after trial, confinement shall be in a state, county or local civilian or military confinement facility.  (b) No person authorized to receive prisoners pursuant to subsection (a) may refuse to receive or keep a prisoner committed to the person's charge by a commissioned officer of the state military forces, when the committing officer furnishes a statement, signed by that officer, of the offense charged against the prisoner, unless otherwise authorized by law.  (c) Every person authorized to receive prisoners pursuant to subsection (a) to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, not later than 24 hours after that commitment or as soon as the person is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against the prisoner and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 12 - Confinement With Enemy Prisoners Prohibited

Article 12. Confinement with enemy prisoners prohibited.  No member of the state military forces may be placed in confinement in immediate association with enemy prisoners.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 13 - Punishment Prohibited Before Trial

Article 13. Punishment prohibited before trial.  No person, while being held for trial or awaiting a verdict, may be subjected to punishment or penalty other than arrest or confinement upon the charges pending against the person, nor shall the arrest or confinement imposed upon such person be any more rigorous than the circumstances required to insure the person's presence, but the person may be subjected to minor punishment during that period for infractions of discipline.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 14 - Delivery of Offenders to Civil Authorities

Article 14. Delivery of offenders to civil authorities.  (a) A person subject to this code accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, to the civil authority for trial or confinement.  (b) When delivery under this article is made to a civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, the delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial and the offender, after having answered to the civil authorities for the offense shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to the place of original custody for the completion of the person's sentence.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 16 - Courts-Martial Classified

Article 16. Courts-martial classified.  The 3 kinds of courts-martial in the state military forces shall be:  (1) general courts-martial, consisting of:  (A) a military judge and not less than 5 members; or  (B) only a military judge if, before the court is assembled, the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and after consultation with defense counsel, requests orally on the record or in writing a court composed only of a military judge and the military judge approves;  (2) special courts-martial, consisting of:  (A) a military judge and not less than 3 members; or  (B) only a military judge, if one has been detailed to the court, and the accused under the same conditions as those prescribed in paragraph (B) of subsection (1) so requests; and  (3) summary courts-martial, consisting of 1 commissioned officer.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 17 - Jurisdiction of Courts-Martial in General

Article 17. Jurisdiction of courts-martial in general.  Each component of the state military forces shall have court-martial jurisdiction over all members of the particular component who are subject to this code. The army and air national guard of the commonwealth shall have court-martial jurisdiction over all members subject to this code.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 18 - Jurisdiction of General Courts-Martial

Article 18. Jurisdiction of general courts-martial.  General courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for an offense made punishable by this code, and may, under such limitations as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this code.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 19 - Jurisdiction of Special Courts-Martial

Article 19. Jurisdiction of special courts-martial.  Special courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for an offense made punishable by this code, and may, under such limitations as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this code except dishonorable discharge, dismissal, confinement for more than 1 year, forfeiture of pay exceeding 2/3 pay per month or forfeiture of pay for more than 1 year.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 20 - Jurisdiction of Summary Courts-Martial

Article 20. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.  (a) Summary courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, cadets, candidates and midshipmen, for any offense made punishable by this code under such limitations as the commander-in-chief may prescribe.  (b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction shall be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if that person objects thereto. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused, trial by special or general court-martial may be ordered, as may be appropriate. Summary courts-martial may, under such limitations as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this code except dismissal, dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, confinement for more than 1 month, restriction to specified limits for more than 2 months, or forfeiture of more than 2/3 of 1 month's pay.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 22 - Who May Convene General Courts-Martial

Article 22. Who may convene general courts-martial.  (a) General courts-martial may be convened by the:  (1) commander-in-chief;  (2) adjutant general;  (3) commanding officer of a force of the state military forces, including the air component commander or land component commander;  (4) commanding officer of a division or a separate brigade; or  (5) commanding officer of a separate wing.  (b) If a commanding officer is an accuser, the court shall be convened by superior competent authority and may, in any case, be convened by such superior authority if considered desirable by that authority.
MA Gen L ch 33a § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title V - Militia|Chapter 33a - Massachusetts Code of Military Justice|Section 23 - Who May Convene Special Courts-Martial

Article 23. Who may convene special courts-martial.  (a) Special courts-martial may be convened by:  (1) any person who may convene a general court-martial;  (2) the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, station, air national guard base or naval base or station;  (3) the commanding officer of a brigade, regiment, detached battalion or corresponding unit of the army;  (4) the commanding officer of a wing, group, separate squadron or corresponding unit of the air force; or  (5) the commanding officer or officer in charge of any other command when empowered by the adjutant general.  (b) If an officer authorized under subsection (a) to convene special courts-martial is an accuser, the court shall be convened by superior competent authority and may, in any case, be convened by such superior authority if considered desirable by that authority.