Convening authority definition
Convening authority means the Secretary of Defense or any officer or official of the United States designated by the Secretary of Defense for that purpose.
Convening authority means the governor or the adjutant general.
Convening authority means the person convening the court, a successor in office,
Examples of Convening authority in a sentence
Convening authority followed provisions to rescind deferral of confinement.
Convening authority could lawfully withdraw from pretrial agreement based upon pressure from victim’s family members, who were opposed to permitting the accused to plead guilty to manslaughter instead of murder.
More Definitions of Convening authority
Convening authority means the Inspector-General or any other person who is, in terms of the Act or these regulations, empowered to convene a board of inquiry for any purpose whatsoever, and includes any member to whom the Inspector-General has delegated his or her powers to convene such board;
Convening authority means, in the case of a general court martial, an officer of or above the rank of major appointed by the Armed Forces Council for the purpose and, in the case of a field general court martial, a commander referred to in section 83;
Convening authority means any person empowered by warrant to convene courts martial;
Convening authority means the Commander‑in‑Chief or person to whom he has delegated his functions in respect of courts‑martial under Part B of the First Schedule to the Act;
Convening authority means the Commissioner or any other person who, in terms of the Act or these regulations, is empowered to convene a board of inquiry for any purpose whatsoever, and shall include any member to whom the Commissioner has delegated his powers to convene such board;
Convening authority means a commissioned officer
Convening authority means a commissioned officer in command and his or her successors in command.