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Who may convene summary courts-martial - 51 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5503

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     § 5503.  Who may convene summary courts-martial.
        (a)  General rule.--In the State military forces any person
     authorized to convene a general or special court-martial, the
     commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, station, air
     base, auxiliary air base, or other place where troops are on
     duty, or of a brigade, regiment, wing, group, separate
     battalion, separate squadron, or other detached command, may
     convene a summary court-martial.
        (b)  Commissioned officer or superior authority.--When only
     one commissioned officer is present with a command or detachment
     he shall be the summary court-martial of that command or
     detachment and shall hear and determine all summary court-
     martial cases brought before him. Summary courts-martial may,
     however, be convened in any case by superior competent authority
     when considered desirable by him.

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