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 540 PUBLIC LAWS--H. 393-AUG. 4, 1949 [63 STAT. (3) solitary confinement not exceeding thirty days; (4) solitary confinement, not exceeding thirty days, on bread and water or on diminished rations; (5) reduction to the next inferior rating; (6) deprivation of liberty on shore for a period not exceeding three months; and (7) extra police duty and loss of pay not to exceed three months. Extra police duties and loss of pay within the limitations prescribed may be added to any one of the first six punishments enumerated above. (c) No sentence of a summary court-martial shall be carried into execution until the proceedings and sentence are approved by the Secretary. §564. General courts-martial: authority to convene; composi- tion; punishment; effective date of sentence (a) General courts-martial may be convened by the Secretary of the Treasury, by the Commandant, or by such officers as may be specifically empowered by the Secretary of the Treasury or by the Commandant. Such courts shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine commissioned officers and of a judge advocate and shall, under regulations approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, be gov- erned in their organization and procedure substantially in accordance with general courts-martial of the Navy. (b) General courts-martial may sentence a commissioned or war- rant officer to any of the following punishments, namely: (1) dismissal from the service; (2) suspension from duty for a period of two years or any part thereof upon reduced pay which shall in no case be less than one-half nor more than three-fourths of the duty pay of such officer; (3) reduction of grade; (4) loss of numbers; (5) imprisonment for a period not to exceed 5 years; and (6) official reprimand. (c) General courts-martial may sentence any person in the Coast Guard other than a commissioned or warrant officer either to a part or the whole, as may be appropriate, of any one of the following punishments, namely: (1) dishonorable discharge; (2) imprisonment for a period not to exceed five years and forfeiture of any pay that may accrue during the period of imprisonment, and any sentence of imprisonment shall include reduction to the rating of apprentice seaman; and (3) any sentence which a summary court-martial is authorized to inflict. (d) No sentence of a general court-martial shall be carried into execution until the proceedings and sentence are approved by the Sec- retary, and no sentence of a court-martial extending to the dismissal of a commissioned officer shall be carried into execution until the proceedings and sentence are approved by the President of the United States. § 565. Public Health Service officers as court members Any commissioned officer of the Public Health Service on active duty with the Coast Guard may serve on Coast Guard courts-martial, but in no circumstance shall more than one-third of the membership of a court-martial consist of officers of the Public Health Service.

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