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10 U.S.C. § 822 — Art. 22. Who may convene general courts-martial

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10 U.S.C. § 822 — Art. 22. Who may convene general courts-martial

**(a)** General courts-martial may be convened by— (1) the President of the United States; (2) the Secretary of Defense; (3) the commanding officer of a unified or specified combatant command; (4) the Secretary concerned; (5) the commanding officer of an Army Group, an Army, an Army Corps, a division, a separate brigade, or a corresponding unit of the Army or Marine Corps; (6) the commander of a fleet; the commanding officer of a naval station or larger shore activity of the Navy beyond the United States; (7) the commanding officer of an air command, an air force, an air division, or a separate wing of the Air Force or Marine Corps, or the commanding officer of a corresponding unit of the Space Force; (8) any other commanding officer designated by the Secretary concerned; or (9) any other commanding officer in any of the armed forces when empowered by the President. **(b)** (1) If any such commanding officer is an accuser, the court shall be convened by superior competent authority, and may in any case be convened by such authority if considered desirable by him. (2) A commanding officer shall not be considered an accuser solely due to the role of the commanding officer in convening a general court-martial to which charges and specifications were referred by a special trial counsel in accordance with this chapter.

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10 U.S.C. § 801 — Article 1. Definitions

In this chapter (the Uniform Code of Military Justice): (1) The term “Judge Advocate General” means, severally, the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, an official designated to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (2) The Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy, shall be considered as one armed force. (3) The term “commanding officer” includes only commissioned officers. (4) The term “officer in charge” means a member of the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard designated as such by appropriate authority. (5) The term “superior commissioned officer” means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command. (6) The term “cadet” means a cadet of the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy. (7) The term “midshipman” means a midshipman of the United States Naval Academy and any other midshipman on active duty in the naval service. (8) The term “military” refers to any or all of the armed forces. (9) The term “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 other person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused. (10) The term “military judge” means a judge advocate designated under [section 826(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section826/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 26(c)) who is detailed under section 826(a) or [section 830a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-

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50 U.S.C. § 586 to 593 — Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641

### Statutory Notes Section 586, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 115, prescribed persons who may convene general courts-martial. See [section 822 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section822&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces. Section 587, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 115, prescribed persons who may convene special courts-martial. See [section 823 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section823&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 588, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 116, prescribed persons who may convene summary courts-martial. See [section 824 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section824&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 589, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 116, related to persons who may serve on courts-martial. See [section 825 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section825&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 590, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 117, provided for law officer of a general court-martial. See [section 826 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section826&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 591, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 117, related to appointment of trial counsel and defense counsel. See [section 827 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section827&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 592, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 117, provided for appointment of reporters and interpreters. See [section 828 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section828&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 593, act May 5

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10 U.S.C. § 822 — Art. 22. Who may convene general courts-

Page 734 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 821 special or general court-martial as may be ap- propriate. Summary courts-martial may, under such limitations as the President may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this chapter except death, dismissal, dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, confinement for more than one month, hard-labor without confine- ment for more than 45 days, restriction to speci- fied limits for more than two months, or for- feiture of more than two-thirds of one month’s pay. (b) NON-CRIMINAL FORUM.—A summary court- martial is a non-criminal forum. A finding of guilty at a summary court-martial does not con- stitute a criminal conviction. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 43; Pub. L. 90–632, § 2(6), Oct. 24, 1968, 82 Stat. 1336; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LIV, § 5164, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2899.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 820 .......... 50:580. May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 20), 64 Stat. 114. The word ‘‘shall’’ in the first sentence is omitted as surplusage. The word ‘‘may’’ is substituted for the word ‘‘shall’’ in the second sentence. The words ‘‘the provi- sions of’’ are omitted as surplusage. The word ‘‘If’’ is substituted for the word ‘‘Where’’. The words ‘‘for more than’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘in excess of’’. The words ‘‘more than’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘pay in excess of’’. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2016—Pub. L. 114–328 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b). 1968—Pub. L. 90–632 substituted provisions prohibiting trial by summary court-martial in all cases if the per- son objects thereto for provisions allowing such trial over the person’s objection if he has prev

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