{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-26","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-26","heading":"Who may convene summary courts-martial.","body":"(a) In the state military forces not in federal service, the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where troops are on duty, or of a regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, detached squadron, or other detachment of not less than battalion or squadron level, may convene a summary court-martial consisting of one commissioned officer of a rank not less than major. The proceedings shall be informal.\n(b) When only one commissioned officer is present with a command or detachment, that officer shall be the summary court-martial of that command or detachment and shall hear and determine all summary court-martial cases brought before him or her. Summary courts-martial may, however, be convened in any case by superior competent authority when considered desirable by him or her.","path":["Title 30 Military Affairs and Defense","Chapter 13 Rhode Island Code of Military Justice"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE30/30-13/30-13-26.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:08Z","sha256":"3a75706a369984e52c4b7c3df141a884656282b79a6fc02f62b3a27fc2e10c94","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-25","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}