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[CITE: 32USC327]

 
                        TITLE 32--NATIONAL GUARD
 
                          CHAPTER 3--PERSONNEL
 
Sec. 327. General courts-martial of National Guard not in 
        Federal service
        
    (a) In the National Guard not in Federal service, general courts-
martial may be convened by the President or by the governor of a State 
or Territory or Puerto Rico or by the commanding general of the National 
Guard of the District of Columbia.
    (b) A general court-martial may sentence to--
        (1) a fine of not more than $200;
        (2) forfeiture of pay and allowances;
        (3) a reprimand;
        (4) dismissal or dishonorable discharge;
        (5) reduction of a noncommissioned officer to the ranks; or
        (6) any combination of these punishments.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 608; Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title 
XII, Sec. 1234(b)(4), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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327(a)................................  32:92 (1st 46 words).                Ju
ne 3, 1916, ch. 134, Sec.  103,
327(b)................................  32:92 (less 1st 46 words).            3
9 Stat. 208.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``Federal service'' are substituted for 
the words ``service of the United States''.
    In subsection (b), the words ``A general court-martial may sentence 
to--'' are substituted for the words ``and such courts shall have the 
power to impose * * * to sentence''. The words ``any combination of 
these punishments'' are substituted for the words ``or any two or more 
of such punishments may be combined in the sentences imposed by such 
courts''.


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-456 substituted ``Territory or Puerto 
Rico'' for ``Territory, Puerto Rico, or the Canal Zone,''.
