Art. 20. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial

§ 820. Art. 20. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial Subject to section 817 of this title (article 17), summary courts-martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this chapter, except officers, cadets, aviation cadets, and midshipmen, for any noncapital offense made punishable by this chapter. No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction may be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if he objects thereto, unless under section 815 of this title (article 15) he has been permitted and has elected to refuse punishment under that article. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused who has not been permitted to refuse punishment under section 815 of this title (article 15), trial shall be ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be appropriate. Summary courts-martial may, under such limitations as the President may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this chapter except death, dismissal, dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, confinement for more than one month, hard labor without confinement for more than 45 days, restriction to specified limits for 44more than two months, or forfeiture of more than two-thirds of one month’s pay.