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SC Code § 25-1-2420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2420. Definitions, generally.

 As used in the Code of Military Justice:  1. "Accuser" means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused;  2. "Adjutant general" means the officer defined in Section 25-1-10;  3. "Commander" includes commissioned officers and warrant officers exercising command authority;  4. "Duty status" means duty in the state military forces under an order issued by authority of law, and includes travel to and from duty;  5. "Enlisted member" means a person in an enlisted grade;  6. "Grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of military rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation;  7. "Legal officer" and "judge advocate" means any commissioned officer of the state military forces designated to perform legal duties for a command;  8. "Military court" means a court-martial or a court of inquiry;  9. "Military forces" means the national guard of the State, as defined in Section 25-1-10, persons attached or assigned to state units, and any other military force organized under the laws of the State;  10. "Military judge" means an official of a general or special court-martial detailed in accordance with Section 25-1-2620;  11. "Oath"includes affirmation;  12. "Rank" means the order of precedence among members of the military forces;  13. "State judge advocate" means the federally recognized National Guard judge advocate responsible for supervising the administration of military justice in the military forces;  14. "Superior commissioned officer" means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command.  15. "Officer" means commissioned officers and warrant officers unless otherwise specified.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2420 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-153; 1962 Code Section 44-152; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-3000 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2420 En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 4; 1985 Act No. 84, Section 1; 2001 Act No. 85, Sections 25, 26; 2011 Act No. 46, Section 11, eff June 7, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2011 amendment, in the definition of "State judge advocate", substituted "federally recognized National Guard judge advocate" for "commissioned officer".
SC Code § 25-1-2430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2430. Person subject to Code of Military Justice.

 The Code of Military Justice applies to all members of the military forces whether located within or without the territorial boundaries of the State of South Carolina while in an authorized duty status or during a period of time in which he was under lawful orders to be in a duty status, including such time as he was traveling to and from such duty. All members of the military forces are subject to this code while physically located on state or federal property even though not on authorized duty status.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2430 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-154; 1962 Code Section 44-153; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-3000 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2430 [derived from former Section 25-1-2410 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-151; 1962 Code Section 44-151; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 5.
SC Code § 25-1-2440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2440. Discharged person as subject to court-martial.

 Subject to Section 25-1-2725, no person charged with having committed, while in a status as a member of the state military forces in which he was subject to this code, an offense in violation of this code may be relieved of amenability to trial by court-martial by reason of discharge or other termination of that status. Each person discharged from the state military forces who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained his discharge is, subject to Section 25-1-2725, subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is after apprehension subject to the code while in the custody of the military for that trial. Upon conviction of that charge he is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under the code committed before the fraudulent discharge.  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.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2440 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-155; 1962 Code Section 44-154; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-3000 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2440 [derived from former Section 25-1-2820 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Sections 44-182, 44-195; 1962 Code Section 44-182; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 6; 1985 Act No. 84, Section 2.
SC Code § 25-1-2450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2450. Appointment of state judge advocate.

 (A) The Adjutant General shall appoint an officer of the military forces as state judge advocate. To be eligible for appointment, an officer must be a member of the South Carolina Bar and federally recognized as a judge advocate. The state judge advocate shall hold a military grade and rank as designated by the Adjutant General. Absent separate appointment, the senior judge advocate of the National Guard is the state judge advocate.  (B) The Adjutant General shall appoint judge advocates and legal officers who shall serve under the supervision of the state judge advocate.  (C) To be eligible for appointment, judge advocates or legal officers must be members of the South Carolina Bar.  (D) The state judge advocate or his assistants shall make frequent inspections in the field of supervision of the administration of military justice.  (E) Convening authorities at all times shall communicate directly with the state judge advocate or with judge advocates within their command in matters relating to the administration of military justice.  (F) A person who has acted as member, military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, or investigating officer in a case may not act later as staff judge advocate or legal officer to a reviewing authority upon the same case.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2450 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-156; 1962 Code Section 44-155; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-2935 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2450 [derived from former Section 25-1-820 (1962 Code Section 44-65; 1964 (53) 2241; Repealed by 1985 Act No. 38, Section 4)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 7; 2001 Act No. 85, Section 27; 2011 Act No. 46, Section 12, eff June 7, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2011 amendment, redesignated subsections 1 to 5 and the last undesignated paragraph as subsections (A) to (F); in subsection (A), in the first sentence, inserted "and federally recognized as a judge advocate"; in subsection (E), substituted "at all times shall" for "shall at all times"; and in subsection (F), substituted "A person" for "No person", "officer in a case may not act later" for "officer in any case may later act", and "a reviewing" for "any reviewing".
SC Code § 25-1-2455 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2455. Military judges; appointment, qualifications, powers, duties.

 (A) A military judge must be appointed by the Adjutant General from among the military forces. To be eligible for appointment as a military judge, the person must be:  (1) a member in good standing of the South Carolina Bar;  (2) a judge advocate;  (3) an active member of the National Guard; and  (4) hold the rank of major or above.  (B) A military judge must not be under the supervision of the state judge advocate or any other judge advocate in the South Carolina National Guard. Nothing in this section changes the authority of the National Guard Bureau or the Judge Advocate Generals of the Army or Air Force over the military judge.  (C) Subject to any limitations imposed by the South Carolina Code of Laws, a military judge presides at all general and special courts-martial and has the same authority as a South Carolina Circuit Judge in General Sessions Court.  (D) A military judge must periodically review the military justice system and advise the Adjutant General on at least an annual basis of the state of military justice in the South Carolina National Guard.  (E) All contact between a military judge and the Adjutant General must comply with American Bar Association's Canons of Judicial Conduct and the applicable ethical standards for judges.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 85, Section 49; 2011 Act No. 46, Section 13, eff June 7, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2011 amendment, in subsection (A)(1), substituted "South Carolina Bar" for "Bar in at least one state".
SC Code § 25-1-2460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2460. "Apprehension" defined; persons authorized to apprehend offenders.

 For purposes of this code, " apprehension" is the taking of a person into custody. Any person authorized by this code to apprehend persons subject to the code, any marshal of a court-martial appointed pursuant to the provisions of the code, and any officer under the laws or regulations of the United States or of South Carolina, may do so upon reasonable belief that an offense has been committed and that the person apprehended committed it. Commissioned officers, warrant officers, and noncommissioned officers may, subject to the laws of South Carolina, quell quarrels, frays, and disorders among persons subject to the code and apprehend persons subject to this code who take part therein.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2460 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-157; 1962 Code Section 44-156; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Sections 25-1-2940 and 25-1-2945 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2460 [derived from Section 25-1-2490 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-160; 1962 Code Section 44-160; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 8; 2001 Act No. 85, Section 28.
SC Code § 25-1-2470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2470. Arrest and confinement, defined; use of reasonable force; powers of sheriffs.

 For purposes of this code, "arrest" is the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing him to remain within certain specified limits. Confinement is the physical restraint of a person.  An enlisted member may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement by any commissioned officer by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or through other persons subject to the Code of Military Justice or through any person authorized by this code to apprehend persons. A commander may authorize warrant officers or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted members of his command or subject to his authority into arrest or confinement.  A commissioned officer or a warrant officer may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement only by a commander to whose authority he is subject, by an order, oral or written, delivered in person, or by another commissioned officer. The authority to order such persons apprehended or into arrest or confinement may not be delegated.  No person may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement except for probable cause.  This section 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.  All reasonable force necessary to accomplish arrest, apprehension, or confinement may be used.  The power to restrain may be exercised prior or subsequent to court-martial or other disciplinary proceedings.  The sheriffs of the various counties of this State shall carry out the orders and directives of all courts-martial, including summary court officers.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2470 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-159; 1962 Code Section 44-158; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-2960 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2470 [derived from former Section 25-1-2880 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Sections 44-191 to 44-193; 1962 Code Section 44-188; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 9.
SC Code § 25-1-2480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2480. Arrest or confinement; informing person of rights.

 Any person subject to this code charged with an offense under this code may be ordered into arrest or, under extraordinary circumstances, into confinement; but when charged only with an offense normally tried by a summary court-martial, the person shall not ordinarily be placed in confinement.  When any person subject to this code is placed in arrest or confinement prior to trial, immediate steps shall be taken to inform him of the specific wrong of which he is accused and to try him or to dismiss the charges and release him.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2480 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-158; 1962 Code Section 44-159; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Sections 25-1-2905 and 25-1-2960 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2480 En 1984 Act No. 378, Section 10.
SC Code § 25-1-2490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2490. Place of confinement; expenses; reports.

 Persons confined other than in a guardhouse, whether before or during trial by court-martial, must be confined in any place of confinement under the control of any of the federal armed forces, state military forces, or in any penal or correctional institution, detention facility, jail, or stockade under the control of the State or any of its political subdivisions. All expenses of the confinement must be paid as if the prisoner were committed to confinement by civilian state officials. Unless circumstances prohibit, the place of confinement must be in the prisoner's county of residence or the county in which the prisoner's unit is headquartered.  No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master-at-arms, warden, keeper, sheriff, supervisor, or officer of a place of confinement designated in the first paragraph of this section, may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge, when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed by him, of the offense charged against the prisoner.  Every commander of a guard, master-at-arms, warden, keeper, sheriff, supervisor, or officer of a place of confinement designated in the first paragraph of this section, to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within twenty-four hours after that commitment or as soon as he is relieved from guard, report to the commander of the prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2490 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-160; 1962 Code Section 44-160; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-2460 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2490 [derived from former Section 25-1-3080 (1962 Code Section 44-209; 1964 (53) 2241)] En 1984 Act No. 378, Section 11.
SC Code § 25-1-2500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2500. Punishment prohibited before trial.

 Subject to Section 25-1-2795, no person, while being held for trial or the result of trial, may be subjected to punishment or penalty other than arrest or confinement upon the charges pending against him, nor shall the arrest or confinement imposed upon him be any more rigorous than the circumstances required to ensure his presence, but he may be subjected to minor punishment during that period for infractions of discipline.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2500 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-161; 1962 Code Section 44-161; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-3095 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2500 [derived from former Section 25-1-3030 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Sections 44-210, 44-212; 1962 Code Section 44-203; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 12.
SC Code § 25-1-2510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2510. Delivery of accused to civil authority for trial; civil conviction interrupting sentence of court-martial; completion of military sentence.

 A person subject to the Code of Military Justice who is accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, to the civil authority for trial if the approval of the person's immediate commanding officer is obtained.  When delivery under this section is made to any 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 his offense shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to the place of original custody for completion of his sentence.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2510 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-162; 1962 Code Section 44-162; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-2925 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2510 En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 13.
SC Code § 25-1-2530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2530. Types of courts-martial.

 There may be three types of courts-martial in the state military forces:  1. general court-martial, consisting of:  (a) a military judge and not less than five 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 in writing a court composed only of a military judge, and the military judge approves;  2. special court-martial, consisting of:  (a) not less than three members; or  (b) a military judge and not less than three members; or  (c) only a military judge, if one has been detailed to the court, and the accused under the same conditions as prescribed in item (b) of subsection 1 of this section so requests; and  3. summary court-martial, consisting of one officer.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2530 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-164; 1962 Code Section 44-164; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Sections 25-1-2910, 25-1-2915 and 25-1-3025 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2530 [derived from former Section 25-1-2830 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Sections 44-183 to 44-187; 1962 Code Section 44-183; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 15; 2001 Act No. 85, Section 30.
SC Code § 25-1-2540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2540. Jurisdiction of courts-martial in general.

 Each component of the military forces has court-martial jurisdiction over all persons subject to the Code of Military Justice. The exercise of jurisdiction by one component over personnel of another component of the military forces must be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Governor or the adjutant general.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2540 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-165; 1962 Code Section 44-165; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Sections 25-1-2910 and 25-1-2915 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2540 [derived from former Section 25-1-2820 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Sections 44-182, 44-195; 1962 Code Section 44-182; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 16.
SC Code § 25-1-2550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2550. Jurisdiction of general courts-martial.

 Subject to Section 25-1-2540, general courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for an offense made punishable by the code. Under limitations the Governor may prescribe, or further limitations the Adjutant General may prescribe, a general court-martial may order any of the following:  (1) dismissal, or dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge;  (2) confinement of not more than twelve months;  (3) a fine of not more than forty days' pay;  (4) reduction of enlisted personnel to the lowest pay grade;  (5) forfeiture of pay and allowances not to exceed forty days' pay;  (6) a reprimand;  (7) any combination of these punishments.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2550 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-166; 1962 Code Section 44-166; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-3020 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2550 [derived from former Section 25-1-3040 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-214; 1962 Code Section 44-204; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 17; 2001 Act No. 85, Section 31; 2011 Act No. 46, Section 15, eff June 7, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2011 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 25-1-2560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 25 - Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs|Chapter 1 - Military Code|Section 25-1-2560. Jurisdiction of special courts-martial.

 1. Subject to Section 25-1-2540, special courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for an offense made punishable by the code. Under limitations the Governor may prescribe, or further limitations the Adjutant General may prescribe, a special court-martial may order any of the following punishments:  (1) bad-conduct discharge;  (2) confinement of not more than six months;  (3) a fine of not more than twenty days' pay;  (4) reduction of enlisted personnel to the lowest pay grade;  (5) forfeiture of pay and allowances not to exceed twenty days' pay;  (6) a reprimand;  (7) any combination of these punishments.  2. A sentence which imposes a bad-conduct discharge or confinement may not be adjudged unless:  (a) a complete summary of the proceedings and testimony has been made by the military judge or the president of the court;  (b) counsel, having the qualifications prescribed under subsection 2 of Section 25-1-2630 was detailed to represent the accused;  (c) a military judge was detailed to the trial.  HISTORY: Former Section 25-1-2560 [1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-167; 1962 Code Section 44-167; 1964 (53) 2241] recodified as Section 25-1-3020 by 1984 Act No. 378; New Section 25-1-2560 [derived from former Section 25-1-3040 (1950 (46) 1881; 1952 Code Section 44-214; 1962 Code Section 44-204; 1964 (53) 2241)] En by 1984 Act No. 378, Section 18; 2001 Act No. 85, Section 32; 2011 Act No. 46, Section 16, eff June 7, 2011.  Effect of Amendment  The 2011 amendment rewrote subsection 1.