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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363888</law_id><section_number>44-48</section_number><catch_line>Review of judgments of courts-martial; procedure</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="97" identifier="44">Military and Emergency Laws</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Military Laws of Virginia</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="4">National Guard Courts-Martial</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p><span class="dictionary">Judgments</span> of special and summary <span class="dictionary">courts</span>-martial shall be subject to review by the Adjutant General only, except that sentences of Bad Conduct discharge shall also be subject to review by the Governor; and such <span class="dictionary">judgments</span> may be <span class="dictionary">affirmed</span>, set aside or modified; provided, however, no higher or greater sentence, punishment, <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, fine or forfeiture than that imposed by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>-martial shall be approved; otherwise <span class="dictionary">trials</span> and proceedings, including nonjudicial punishment, pretrial proceedings, post-<span class="dictionary">trial</span> proceedings, <span class="dictionary">search and seizure</span> proceedings and proceedings by all <span class="dictionary">courts</span> and boards, including review proceedings, shall be in accordance with the Manual for <span class="dictionary">Courts</span>-Martial United States, as now existing or subsequently amended, procedure for <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of inquiry, and retiring boards, and other procedures under military <span class="dictionary">law</span>, as may from time to time be prescribed by the appropriate secretary of the respective services.</p></section></text><history>1930, p. 957; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 2673(38); 1964, c. 227; 1976, c. 399; 2011, cc. 572, 586.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
