Illinois Administrative Code
Title 95 - VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Part 400 - ILLINOIS MANUAL FOR COURT-MARTIAL AND NONJUDICIAL PUNISHMENT
Subpart G - TRIAL PROCEDURES
Section 400.800 - Unlawfully Influencing Action of the Court
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) No authority convening a general, special or summary court-martial, nor any other commanding officer, or officer serving on the staff of the commanding officer, may censure, reprimand or admonish the court or any member, the military judge, or counsel of the court, with respect to the findings or sentence adjudged by the court or with respect to any other exercise of its or their functions in the conduct of the proceedings. No person subject to the Code may attempt to coerce or, by any unauthorized means, influence the action of a court-martial or court of inquiry or any member of these bodies, in reaching the findings or sentence in any case, or the action of any convening, approving or reviewing authority with respect to their judicial acts. This subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to:
b) In the preparation of an effectiveness, fitness or efficiency report, or any other report or document used in whole or in part for the purpose of determining whether a member of the SMF is qualified to be advanced in grade, or in determining the assignment or transfer of a member of the SMF, or in determining whether a member of the SMF should be retained on active status, no person subject totheCode may, in preparing any such report:
c) Code Section 37 does not extend to protection from prosecution of crimes such as perjury or false official statement.