[§124A-43]  Summary courts-martial of statemilitary forces not in federal service; who may convene.  (a)  In the statemilitary forces not in federal service, the commanding officer of a garrison,fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where troops areon duty, or of a brigade, regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, detachedsquadron, detached company, or other detachment, may convene a summarycourt-martial consisting of one commissioned officer.  The proceedings shall beinformal.

(b)  When only one commissioned officer ispresent with a command or detachment the officer shall be the summarycourt-martial of that command or detachment and shall hear and determine allsummary court-martial cases brought before the officer.  Summary courts-martialmay, however, be convened in any case by superior competent authority whenconsidered desirable by the superior authority. [L 1982, c 171, pt of §2; gench 1985]