450.1
. (a) Under regulations as the Governor may prescribe, and
under any additional regulations as may be prescribed by the Adjutant
General, limitations may be placed on the powers granted by this
section with respect to the kind and amount of punishment authorized,
the categories of commanding officers and warrant officers
exercising command authorized to exercise those powers, the
applicability of this section to an accused who demands trial by
court-martial, and the kinds of courts-martial to which the case may
be referred upon that demand. Except in the case of the imposition of
fines upon officers and warrant officers, punishment may not be
imposed upon any member of the California National Guard under this
section if the member has, before the imposition of punishment,
demanded trial by court-martial in lieu of punishment. Under similar
regulations, rules may be prescribed with respect to the suspension
of punishments authorized hereunder. If authorized by regulations of
the Adjutant General, a commanding officer who under the Uniform Code
of Military Justice would exercise general court-martial
jurisdiction or an officer of general rank in command may delegate
his or her powers under this section to a principal assistant.
(b) Subject to subdivision (a), any commanding officer may, in
addition to or in lieu of admonition or reprimand, impose one or more
of the following disciplinary punishments for minor offenses without
the intervention of a court-martial:
(1) Upon officers of his or her command:
(A) Restriction to certain specified limits, with or without
suspension from duty, for not more than 30 consecutive days.
(B) If imposed by an officer who under the Uniform Code of
Military Justice would exercise general court-martial jurisdiction or
an officer of general rank in command:
(i) Arrest in quarters for not more than 30 consecutive days.
(ii) Impose a fine of not more than 15 days pay per month for two
months.
(iii) Restriction to certain specified limits with or without
suspension from duty for not more than 60 consecutive days.
(iv) Detention of not more than 15 days' pay per month for three
months.
(2) Upon other personnel of his or her command:
(A) Correctional custody for not more than seven consecutive days.
(B) Impose a fine of not more than seven days' pay.
(C) Reduction to the next inferior pay grade, if the grade from
which demoted is within the promotion authority of the officer
imposing the reduction or any officer subordinate to the one who
imposes the reduction.
(D) Extra duties, including fatigue or other duties, for not more
than 14 consecutive days.
(E) Restriction to certain specified limits, with or without
suspension from duty, for not more than 14 consecutive days.
(F) Detention of not more than 14 days' pay.
(G) If imposed by an officer of the grade of major or above:
(i) Correctional custody for not more than 30 consecutive days.
(ii) Impose a fine of not more than 15 days' pay per month for two
months.
(iii) Reduction to the lowest or any intermediate pay grade, if
the grade from which demoted is within the promotion authority of the
officer imposing the reduction or any officer subordinate to the one
who imposes the reduction, but an enlisted member in a pay grade
above E-4 may not be reduced more than two pay grades.
(iv) Extra duties, including fatigue or other duties, for not more
than 45 consecutive days.
(v) Restrictions to certain specified limits, with or without
suspension from duty, for not more than 60 consecutive days.
(vi) Detention of not more than 15 days' pay per month for three
months.
The punishments heretofore prescribed by subdivision (b) (1) A, B
(i) and (iii) and subdivision (b) (2) A, D, E, G(i), (iv) and (v)
hereof may be imposed only during annual active duty for training or
active state service, except that extra duties may be imposed upon
enlisted men and women while in armory drill status for two hours (to
be completed not later than 2400 hours) for two consecutive drills.
Detention of pay shall be for a stated period of not more than one
year but if the offender's term of service expires earlier, the
detention shall terminate upon that expiration. No two or more of the
punishments of arrest in quarters, correctional custody, extra
duties, and restriction may be combined to run consecutively in the
maximum amount imposable for each. Whenever any of those punishments
are combined to run consecutively, there shall be an apportionment.
In addition, forfeiture of pay may not be combined with detention of
pay without an apportionment. For the purposes of this subdivision,
"correctional custody" means the physical restraint of a person
during duty or nonduty hours and may include extra duties, fatigue
duties, or hard labor. If practicable, correctional custody shall not
be served in immediate association with persons awaiting trial or
held in confinement pursuant to trial by court-martial.
(c) An officer in charge may impose upon enlisted members assigned
to the unit of which he or she is in charge any of the punishments
authorized under subdivision (b)(2)(A) to (G), inclusive, as the
Adjutant General may specifically prescribe by regulation.
(d) The officer who imposes the punishment authorized in
subdivision (b), or his or her successor in command, may, at any
time, suspend probationally any part or amount of the unexecuted
punishment imposed and may suspend probationally a reduction in grade
or a fine imposed under subdivision (b), whether or not executed. In
addition, the officer may, at any time, remit or mitigate any part
or amount of the unexecuted punishment imposed and may set aside in
whole or in part the punishment, whether executed or unexecuted, and
restore all rights, privileges, and property affected. The officer
may also mitigate reduction in grade to a fine or detention of pay.
When mitigating:
(1) arrest in quarters to restriction;
(2) correctional custody to extra duties or restriction, or both;
or
(3) extra duties to restriction;
the mitigated punishment shall not be for a greater period than
the punishment mitigated. When mitigating a fine to detention of pay,
the amount of the detention shall not be greater than the amount of
the fine. When mitigating reduction in grade to a fine or detention
of pay, the amount of the fine or detention shall not be greater than
the amount that could have been imposed initially under this article
by the officer who imposed the punishment mitigated.
(e) A person punished under this section who considers his or her
punishment unjust or disproportionate to the offense may, through the
proper channel, appeal to the next superior authority. The appeal
shall be promptly forwarded and decided, but the person punished may
in the meantime be required to undergo the punishment adjudged. The
superior authority may exercise the same powers with respect to the
punishment imposed as may be exercised under subdivision (d) by the
officer who imposed the punishment. Before acting on an appeal from a
punishment of:
(1) arrest in quarters for more than seven days;
(2) correctional custody for more than seven days;
(3) a fine of more than seven days' pay;
(4) reduction of one or more pay grades from the fourth or a
higher pay grade;
(5) extra duties for more than 14 days;
(6) restriction for more than 14 days; or
(7) detention of more than 14 days' pay;
the authority who is to act on the appeal shall refer the case to
a judge advocate of the California National Guard for consideration
and advice, and may so refer the case upon appeal from any punishment
imposed under subdivision (b).
(f) The imposition and enforcement of disciplinary punishment
under this section for any act or omission is not a bar to trial by
court-martial for a serious crime or offense growing out of the same
act or omission, and not properly punishable under this section; but
the fact that a disciplinary punishment has been enforced may be
shown by the accused upon trial, and when so shown shall be
considered in determining the measure of punishment to be adjudged in
the event of a finding of guilty.
(g) The Adjutant General may, by regulation, prescribe the form of
records to be kept of proceedings under this article and may also
prescribe that certain categories of those proceedings shall be in
writing.