(20 ILCS 1805/71) (from Ch. 129, par. 220.71)
Sec. 71. General courts-martial shall be convened by order of the Governor and such courts shall have power to:
(a) Impose fines not to exceed $500.00; sentence to confinement in a military guardhouse or in the county jail of the county in which the immediate organization of the accused is permanently located, not to exceed six months; sentence to forfeiture of pay and allowances; reprimand; sentence to dismissal or dishonorable discharge from the service; or to reduction of non-commissioned officers to the ranks. Any two or more of such punishments may be combined in the sentence authorized to be imposed by such courts.
(b) To impose a sentence of the same kind and degree as is provided by the criminal code of the State of Illinois upon conviction of the following offenses committed while the individual is in the active service of the State of Illinois: larceny, robbery, burglary, arson, mayhem, second degree murder, first degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual assault, assault and battery with intent to kill, or wounding by shooting or stabbing with intent to commit first degree murder; but should any member of the Illinois National Guard while in the discharge of duty on active service in pursuance of orders from a superior authority, take life or injure any person or persons or property in such discharge of duty, the act or acts upon the part of such enlisted personnel, warrant officer or commissioned officer shall be deemed to be justifiable and lawful and they shall not be prosecuted therefor in any court or incur any civil liability by reason thereof.
(Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96.)
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