Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A § 57

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 33A:57 - Effective date of sentences
(a) Whenever a sentence of a court-martial as lawfully adjudged and approved includes a forfeiture of pay or allowances in addition to confinement not suspended, the forfeiture may apply to pay or allowances becoming due on or after the date the sentence is approved by the convening authority. No forfeiture may extend to any pay or allowances accrued before that date.
(b) Any period of confinement included in a sentence of a court-martial begins to run from the date the sentence is adjudged by the court-martial, but periods during which the sentence to confinement is suspended or deferred shall be excluded in computing the service of the term of confinement.
(c) All other sentences of courts-martial are effective on the date ordered executed.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, § 57

Added by Acts 2018, c. 369,§ 79, eff. 4/2/2018.