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Indiana Code Title 10. Public Safety § 10-16-9-6

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

Sec. 6. (a) The commanding officer of any detachment, company, or other unit or organization may impose disciplinary punishment upon any enlisted member of the officer's command.

(b) An officer exercising command normally exercised by a general officer may impose disciplinary punishment upon any warrant or commissioned officer of the exercising officer's command.

(c) A punishment imposed by authority of this section may include the following:

(1) Admonition.

(2) Reprimand.

(3) Withholding privileges for up to seven (7) twenty-four (24) hour duty days.

(4) Restriction to specific area limits for up to seven (7) twenty-four (24) hour duty days.

(5) Imposition of a fine of not more than two-thirds ( 2/3 ) of one (1) month's pay to which the member would have been entitled during the month of the offense.

(6) Reduce the member's rank to the next inferior grade.

Only the commanding officer who holds promotion authority over the member charged with an offense may prescribe the punishment of a fine or reduction in rank.

(d) Fines shall be collected as directed under section 3 of this chapter.

(e) A member of the national guard may not demand a trial by court-martial in lieu of nonjudicial punishment or disciplinary punishment.

(f) A sentence may not be executed until the right of appeal has been exhausted or waived as prescribed in the uniform code of military justice.

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