General courts-martial punishments

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General courts-martial may, under such limitations as the Governor may prescribe, adjudge one (1) or more of the following punishments for each specification:

  1. (1) Confinement with hard labor that shall not exceed the lowest sentence limitations established in the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2019 Edition), as it existed on January 1, 2019, for the offense or three hundred sixty-five (365) days;

  2. (2) A fine or forfeiture in an amount that shall not exceed the lowest sentence limitations established in the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2019 Edition), as it existed on January 1, 2019, for the offense or three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the service member's base pay and allowances;

  3. (3) Dishonorable discharge, bad conduct discharge, or dismissal;

  4. (4) Reprimand; and

  5. (5) Reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade.


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