32 U.S.C. § 327
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- (a)In the National Guard not in Federal service, general, special, and summary courts-martial may be convened as provided by the laws of the respective States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
- (b)In the National Guard not in Federal service—
- (1)general courts-martial may be convened by the President;
- (2)special courts-martial may be convened—
- (A)by the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where members of the National Guard are on duty; or
- (B)by the commanding officer of a division, brigade, regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, separate squadron, or other detached command; and
- (3)summary courts-martial may be convened—
- (A)by the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where members of the National Guard are on duty; or
- (B)by the commanding officer of a division, brigade, regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, detached squadron, detached company, or other detachment.
- (c)The convening authorities provided under subsection (b) are in addition to the convening authorities provided under subsection (a).