§ 12-64-408 - President. - Arkansas Statutes

12-64-408. President.

(a) If within the command of the convening authority there is present and not otherwise disqualified a commissioned officer who is a member of the bar of the state and of appropriate rank, the convening authority shall appoint him as president of a special court-martial, but only for cases in which there is no military judge.

(b) Although this requirement is binding on the convening authority, failure to meet it in any case does not divest a military court of jurisdiction.