{"data":{"id":"us-nm/20-12-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"20-12-4","heading":"Convening authorities; nonjudicial punishment authorities.","body":"A. A general, special or summary court-martial may be convened by the governor or by the adjutant general.\nB. A special or summary court-martial may be convened by the assistant adjutant general of the army national guard, as to all members of the army national guard; by the land component commander, as to members of the land component commander's command; by the commanding officer of any brigade-level headquarters, as to members of the commanding officer's command; by the assistant adjutant general of the air national guard, as to all members of the air national guard; by the assistant adjutant general of the state defense force, as to all members of the state defense force; and to the commanders of such equivalent level commands as may be organized in the future.\nC. A summary court-martial may be convened by a battalion commander, group commander or equivalent, as to all members of the commander's command.\nD. Nonjudicial punishment authority is conferred upon all general, special or summary court-martial convening authorities and upon company, battery and squadron commanders or equivalent, as to members of their command.","path":["Chapter 20 - Military Affairs","ARTICLE 12 Code of Military Justice"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18520/index.do","current_through":"2024-04-26","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"cfb685ecc925c631075716b625b7b730e5aa77b29e811db52adb0467dbbaef3c","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/20-12-3","next":"us-nm/20-12-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}