Title 30, Title 30 Affairs and Defense

Any person subject to this code who forces a safeguard shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(a) All persons subject to this code shall secure all public property taken from the enemy for the service of the United States, and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority, without delay, all captured or abandoned property in their possession, custody, or control…

Any person subject to this code who: (1) Aids, or attempts to aid, the enemy with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things; or (2) Without proper authority, knowingly harbors or protects, or gives intelligence to, or communicates or corresponds with, or holds any interc…

Any person subject to this code who, while in the hands of the enemy in time of war: (1) For the purpose of securing favorable treatment by his or her captors, acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, custom, or regulation, to the detriment of others of whatever…

Any person subject to this code who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority: (1) Sells or otherwise disposes of; (2) Willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or (3) Willfully or through neglect suffers to be damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of; any military pro…

Any person subject to this code who, while in a duty status, willfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise willfully and wrongfully destroys or damages any property other than military property of the United States, or of the state, shall be punished as a court-martial may…

(a) Any person subject to this code who willfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the armed forces of the United States, or of the state military forces, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) Any person subject to this code who neglig…

Persons confined other than in a guard house, whether before, during, or after trial by a military court, shall be confined in civil jails, penitentiaries, or prisons designated by the governor or by that person as he or she may authorize to act.

Any person subject to this code who operates any vehicle while drunk, or in a reckless or wanton manner, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who is found drunk on duty or sleeping upon his or her post, or who leaves his or her post before being regularly relieved, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who fights or promotes, or is concerned in or connives at fighting a duel, or who, having knowledge of a challenge sent or about to be sent, fails to report the fact promptly to the proper authority, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who for the purpose of avoiding work, duty, or service in the state military forces: (1) Feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse, or derangement; or (2) Intentionally inflicts self-injury; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.…

Any person subject to this code who causes or participates in any riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures towards any other person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person subject to this code who, in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice conducted under this code, willfully and corruptly gives, upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, any false testimony material to the issue or matter of…

Any person subject to this code: (1) Who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent: (A) Makes any claim against the United States, the state, or any officer thereof; or (B) Presents to any person in the civil, or military service thereof, for approval or payment any claim against the…

(a) Any person subject to this code who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind: (1) With intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person o…

Any commissioned officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, or unbecoming an officer and a lady, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(a) No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a city or county jail or any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under § 30-13-11, may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his or her charge, when the committing…

Though not specifically mentioned in this code, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the state military forces, of which persons subject to this code may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special, or summary court-martial…

(a) Courts of inquiry to investigate any matter may be convened by the governor or by any other person designated by the governor for that purpose, whether or not the persons involved have requested an inquiry. (b) A court of inquiry consists of three (3) or more commissioned off…

(a) The following members of the state military forces may administer oaths for the purposes of military administration, including military justice, and affidavits may be taken for those purposes before persons having the general powers of a notary public: (1) The state judge adv…

Sections 30-13-2, 30-13-3, 30-13-7 — 30-13-15, 30-13-27, 30-13-29, 30-13-40, 30-13-58, 30-13-76 — 30-13-118, and 30-13-123 — 30-13-125 shall be carefully explained to every enlisted member at the time of that member’s enlistment or transfer or induction into, or at the time of hi…

Any member of the state military forces who believes himself or herself wronged by his or her commanding officer, and who, upon due application to that commanding officer, is refused redress, may complain to any superior commissioned officer, who shall forward the complaint to th…

(a) Whenever complaint is made to any commanding officer that willful damage has been done to the property of any person or that person’s property has been wrongfully taken by members of the state military forces, that officer may, subject to such regulations as the governor may …

In addition to the officers prescribed under the laws and regulations of the United States and in § 30-13-127(b), all processes and sentences of the military courts of the state military forces shall be directed to, and executed by, any deputy sheriff, town sergeant, constable, m…

(a) Military courts may issue any process or mandate necessary to carry into effect their powers. A military court may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum and enforce by attachment attendance of witnesses and production of books, and records, when it is sitting within the s…

Fines imposed by a military court may be paid to it or to an officer executing its process. The amount of an imposed fine may be noted upon any state roll or account for pay of the delinquent and deducted from any pay or allowance due or thereafter to become due the delinquent, u…

No accused may bring an action or proceeding against the convening authority or a member of a military court, or officer or person acting under its authority or reviewing its proceedings, because of the approval, imposition, or execution of any sentence, or the imposition or coll…

Subject to § 30-13-60, no person, while being held for trial or pending the result of trial, may be subjected to punishment or penalty other than arrest or confinement upon the charges pending against that person, nor shall the arrest or confinement imposed upon him or her be any…

The jurisdiction of the military courts and boards established by this code shall be presumed and the burden of proof rests on any person seeking to oust those courts or boards of jurisdiction in any action or proceeding.

The governor may delegate any authority vested in him or her under this code, and may provide for the subdelegation of any of that authority, except the power given him or her by §§ 30-13-21 and 30-13-24.

The military courts of this state shall be constituted like, have cognizance of the same subjects as, and possess like powers as, except as to punishments, similar courts provided for by the laws and regulations governing the army of the United States and the proceedings of state…

The expenses incident to, and connected with, the holding of military courts and courts of inquiry shall be paid by the state under orders, rules, and regulations issued by the governor.

This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of this state, so far as practical, with the law of the United States.

This chapter may be cited as the “Rhode Island Code of Military Justice”.

(a) Under such regulations as may be prescribed under this code, a person subject to this code who is accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, and upon direction of the governor so to do, to the civil authority for trial. (b) When delivery und…

(a) Under such regulations as the governor may prescribe, and under such additional regulations as may be prescribed by the adjutant general, limitations may be placed on the powers granted by this chapter with respect to the kind and amount of punishment authorized; the categori…

(a) In the state military forces not in federal service, there are general, special, and summary courts-martial constituted like similar courts of the armed forces of the United States. They have the jurisdiction and powers, except as to punishments, and shall follow the forms an…

Each force of the state military forces has court-martial jurisdiction over all persons subject to this code. The exercise of jurisdiction by one force over the personnel of another force shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the governor.

Subject to § 30-13-17, general courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for any offense made punishable by this code and may, under such limitations as the governor may prescribe, adjudge any of the following punishments: (1) Confinement with hard labo…

Subject to § 30-13-17, special courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for any offense made punishable by this code and may, under such limitations as the governor may prescribe, adjudge any of the following punishments: (1) Confinement with hard labo…

This code applies to all members of the state military forces who are not in federal service.

(a) Subject to § 30-13-17, summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, for any offense made punishable by this code. (b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction may be brought to trial before a sum…

No sentence of dismissal, bad conduct discharge, or dishonorable discharge may be executed until it is approved by the governor.