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Art. 9. Imposition of Restraint - 14325_55
Art. 31. Compulsory Self-Incrimination Prohibited

Basic Military Requirements (BMR) Revised Edition
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An arrest is imposed by notifying the person to be arrested that the person is under arrest and informing the person of the limits of the arrest. The order of arrest may be oral or written. A person to be confined is placed under guard and taken to the place of confinement. Art. 12. Confinement with Enemy Prisoners Prohibited No  member  of  the  armed  forces  may  be placed   in   confinement   in   immediate association  with  enemy  prisoners  or  other foreign  nationals  not  members  of  the  armed forces. Members of the armed forces may be confined in the same jails, prisons, or other confinement facilities, however, so long as they are separated from the other categories mentioned. Art. 13. Punishment Prohibited Before Trial No person, while being held for trial, may be  subjected  to  punishment  or  penalty  other than  arrest  or  confinement  upon  the  charges pending  against  him,  nor  shall  the  arrest  or confinement  imposed  upon  him  be  any  more rigorous  than  the  circumstances  required  to ensure his presence, but he may be subjected to minor  punishment  during  that  period  for infractions of discipline. The minor punishment permitted under article 13 includes that authorized for violations of discipline set forth by the place in which the person is confined. The article does not prevent a person from being required to do ordinary cleaning or policing or from taking part in routine training and duties not involving the bearing of arms. Art. 14. Delivery of Offenders to Civil Authorities (a)   Under   such   regulations   as   the Secretary concerned may prescribe, a member of  the  armed  forces  accused  of  an  offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, to the civil authority for trial. (b)   When delivery under this article is made to  any  civil  authority  of  a  person  undergoing sentence  of  a  court-martial,  the  delivery,  if followed  by  conviction  in  a  civil  tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial,  and  the  offender  after  having answered to the civil authorities for this offense shall,  upon  the  request  of  competent  military authority, be returned to military custody for the completion of his sentence. Art. 15. Commanding Officer’s Nonjudicial Punishment Article  15  explains  commanding  officers’ nonjudicial  punishment.  For  some  offenses, commanders  may  offer  an  article  15  instead  of court-martial. If accepted, the commander may impose punishment  as  permitted  by  regulations  (usually  at captain’s  mast).  Receiving  an  article  15  is  not  a conviction,  and  it  does  not  give  a  person  a  criminal record. This article will be explained in greater detail later in this chapter under “Nonjudicial Punishment.” Art. 25. Who May Serve on Courts-Martial Any commissioned officer, including commissioned warrant officers, on active duty with the armed forces is eligible to serve on a court-martial. Any warrant officer on active duty with the armed forces is eligible to serve on a general court-martial (GCM) and special court-martial (SPCM)  for  the  trial  of  any  person,  other  than  a commissioned officer. Any enlisted person on active duty with the armed forces who is not a member of the same unit as the accused is eligible to serve on general and special  courts-martial  for  the  trial  of  enlisted  persons. However, enlisted personnel may serve as a member of a court-martial only if, before the assembling of such court, the  accused  has  personally  requested  in  writing  that enlisted personnel serve as members of the court. Art. 27. Detail of Trial Counsel and Defense Counsel Each general and special court-martial must have a trial counsel and a defense counsel, with such assistants as the convening authority deems necessary. The terms counsel, trial counsel, and  defense counsel  should be 2-18 Student Notes:







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