Uniform Code of Military Justice

= The Uniform Code of Military Justice Act = An Act to codify the protocol required of the Stormwind Military to bring errant and wayward members of the military to the King's Justice.

 

AUTHOR: Lord Ismond Laldere, Count of Wanduke.

SPONSORS: Duke Maxen Montclair, Countess Marisol MacKay.

 

By will of the King and the Household of Wrynn, and with advisement and review by the Lords Temporal of Stormwind and by the same authority, it shall be enacted that:—

I GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 * 1) “Officer in Charge” means a member of the military designated as such by appropriate authority.
 * 2) “Military” refers to any or all of the Army, Navy, Marines and Skyfleet.
 * 3) “Accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused.
 * 4) “Military Judge” means an official of a general or special court-martial detailed in accordance with Article 24.
 * 5) “Advocate” means an officer ranked no lower than Lieutenant of the Advocate Corps of the military.
 * 6) “Record”, when used in connection with the proceedings of a court-martial means an official written transcript, written summary, or other writings related to the proceedings.
 * 7) “Advocate-General” refers to the person holding the office of the Advocate-General within the Ministry of War unless there is no incumbent in which case it refers to the Lord High Marshal.

II PERSONS SUBJECT TO THIS CHAPTER

 * 1) Members of a regular component of the military, including those awaiting discharge after their terms of enlistment; volunteers from the time of their muster or acceptance into the military; and other persons lawfully called or ordered into, or to duty in or for training in the military, from the dates when they are required by the terms of the call or order to obey it.
 * 2) Retired members of a regular component of the military while eligible for pay.

III JURISDICTION TO TRY CERTAIN PERSONNEL

 * 1) Each person discharged from the military who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained his discharge is subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is, after apprehension, subject to trial by court-martial for all offense under this Act committed before the fraudulent discharge.
 * 2) No person who has deserted the military may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this Act committed before the fraudulent discharge.