{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-64-405","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-405","heading":"Summary courts-martial punishments","body":"(a) Officers and warrant officers may not be tried by summary courts-martial. (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 a trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused, trial may be ordered by special or general court-martial as may be appropriate. (c) A summary court-martial may, under such limitations as the Governor may prescribe, adjudge one (1) or more of the following punishments: (1) Confinement with hard labor not exceeding thirty (30) days; (2) A fine or forfeiture of pay and allowances in an amount that shall not exceed thirty (30) days of the service member's base pay and allowances; (3) Reprimand; and (4) Reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade. Amended by Act 2019, No. 211,§ 9, eff. 2/26/2019. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1003,§ 14, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1969, No. 50, § 64; 1981, No. 656, § 2; 1985, No. 670, § 8; 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 9, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 11-619; Acts 2007, No. 47, § 10.\n\n(a) Officers and warrant officers may not be tried by summary courts-martial.\n\n(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 a trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused, trial may be ordered by special or general court-martial as may be appropriate.\n\n(c) A summary court-martial may, under such limitations as the Governor may prescribe, adjudge one (1) or more of the following punishments: (1) Confinement with hard labor not exceeding thirty (30) days; (2) A fine or forfeiture of pay and allowances in an amount that shall not exceed thirty (30) days of the service member's base pay and allowances; (3) Reprimand; and (4) Reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade.\n\n(1) Confinement with hard labor not exceeding thirty (30) days;\n\n(2) A fine or forfeiture of pay and allowances in an amount that shall not exceed thirty (30) days of the service member's base pay and allowances;\n\n(3) Reprimand; and\n\n(4) Reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade.","path":["AR Code","Title 12","Chapter 64","Subchapter 4"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"c5c42c9c9aae8e5d2f870579866453c664495d6092ace6e879f188edd3340c51","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-64-404","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-64-406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}