Kansas Statutes 48-2403. (KCMJ Art. 20) Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 48-2403
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(a) Summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code.
(b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction may be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if he or she objects thereto. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused, trial shall be ordered by general court-martial or special court-martial.
(c) A summary court-martial may sentence to a fine of not more than $50 for a single offense, to forfeiture of pay not to exceed 1/2 of one month‘s pay for two months and to reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade.