Subject to section 27-156, special courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code for any offense for which they may be punished under this code. A special court-martial shall have the same powers of punishment as a general court-martial, except that no fine or forfeiture of pay and allowances imposed by a special court-martial shall be more than one hundred dollars for a single offense.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 27-158

  • Code: means this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 27-141
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.