Arkansas Code § 12-64-405 - Summary Courts-Martial Punishments

(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 twenty-five (25) days;

(2) A fine or forfeiture of pay and allowances in an amount that shall not exceed one hundred (100) days of the service member's base pay and allowances;

(3) Reprimand; and

(4) Reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade.

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Last modified: November 15, 2016