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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13A-404" title_number="13A" title_name="Maryland Code of Military Justice" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Court–martial Jurisdiction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to § 13A–402 of this subtitle, special courts–martial have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this title for any offense made punishable by this title, and may, under such limitations as the Governor may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this title except:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>dishonorable discharge;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>dismissal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>confinement for more than 1 year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>forfeiture of pay exceeding two–thirds pay per month; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>forfeiture of pay for more than 1 year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A bad–conduct discharge, a confinement for more than 6 months, or a forfeiture of pay for more than 6 months may not be adjudged if charges and specifications are referred to a special courts–martial consisting of a military judge alone under § 13A–401 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
