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.

(d) A commanding officer may also:

(1) order a member of the officer's command to be confined under correctional custody for not more than eight (8) days;

(2) reduce the member's rank to the next inferior grade; or

(3) order a member confined and reduce the member's rank as provided in subdivisions (1) and (2).

However, only the commanding officer who holds promotion authority over the member charged with an offense may prescribe the punishment of correctional custody, fine, or reduction in rank.

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

(f) Confinement shall be carried out in compliance with sections 5 and 11 of this chapter.

(g) This section may not be construed to be a waiver of the right to trial by court-martial.

(h) 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.

[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-2-5-6.]

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.