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Army Regulation 27\u201310
Legal Services
Military Justice
Headquarters

Department of the Army
Washington, DC
16 November 2005

UNCLASSIFIED
SUMMARY of CHANGE
AR 27\u201310
Military Justice
This major revision, dated 16 November 2005--

o Authorizes Judge Advocates, if an officer or NCO senior to the Soldier is unavailable, to deliver the DA Form 2627 and inform the Soldier of his rights (para 3-18a).

o Clarifies effective dates of punishments for RC Soldiers (para 3-21b).

o Updates requirements for distribution and filing of DA Form 2627, Record of Proceedings Under Article 15, UCMJ, and allied documents (paras 3-37 and 3- 38).

o Updates requirements for completion of DA Form 5110, Article 15-
Reconciliation Log, to include requirements for RC (para 3-39).
o Requires notification to OTJAG, Criminal Law, of any case likely to generate
significant media and/or high-visibility interest (para 5-13).
o Adds paragraph detailing required procedures for U.S. Soldiers of foreign
nationality facing courts-martial (para 5-14).
o Requires conditional guilty pleas to be coordinated with the Chief, Criminal
Law Division, Office of The Judge Advocate General (para 5-26b).
o Provides guidance to commanders on hard labor without confinement (para 5-
29).
o Requires Report of Results of Trial to include an annotation concerning

whether DNA sample processing is required in accordance with 10 USC 1565 and the DOD requirements and incorporates DOD qualifying military offenses (para 5-30a and app F).

o Requires Report of Results of Trial to include an annotation if sexual
offender registration is required (para 5-30a).

o Adds requirement to assign post-trial prisoners in confinement who receive a sentence of more than 120 days confinement to the PCF of the RCF and all other prisoners with confinement at 120 days or less remaining to be assigned to the parent unit (para 5-31).

o Requires convening authority\u2019s action to include reference to any deferred or
waived forfeitures (para 5-32a).
o Requires allied papers in records of trial to include excess leave documents
and DFR documentation (paras 5-31 and 5-41g).
o Streamlines procedures for clemency under Article 74 (para 5-39).
o Clarifies responsibility for funding of expert witnesses and their travel
(para 6-5).
o Authorizes the Military Judge to order the production of DNA samples, based on
a probable cause determination, in accordance with 10 USC 1565a (para 8-4).

o Specifies that requests for an Individual Military Counsel who is a Military Judge will be approved or denied by the Chief Trial Judge with appeal made to the Chief Judge, U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals (para 8-9).

o Clarifies that the privatization of property on a military installation will not impact the authority of magistrates and certain commanders to authorize searches (para 9-13).

o Requires Promulgating Order to include an annotation concerning whether DNA
sample processing is required in accordance with 10 USC 1565 and DOD
requirements for qualifying military offenses (para 12-5a and app F).
o Updates distribution list of promulgating orders to include local
investigating office; HQ, CID Command; and HQDA, Office of the Provost
Marshal (para 12-7).
o Updates JAG-2 reporting requirements for RC units (chap 15).
o Updates VWL program requiring a certified VWL to accompany a deployable unit
at the GCMCA level (para 18-7a).
o Updates role of VWL and cross-references VWL to new sexual assault prevention
and response policy in AR 600-20, chapter 8 (para 18-7c).
o Provides notice to commanders to use DD Form 2873, Military Protective Order,
when issuing a no contact order (para 18-19a).
o Clarifies processing of Article 138 complaints for RC units (paras 20-2 and
20-6).
o Clarifies procedures to recall RC Soldiers not serving on AD who may be called
to active duty for purposes of court-martial (para 21-3).
o Expands information required for the annual felony and magistrate court
report and provides a sample format to submit the information (para 23-6a).
o Updates Federal sexual offender registration requirements for foreign
convictions (para 24-4c).
o Adds a chapter specifying the detailing, training, and certification of Army
Court reporters (chap 25).

o Adds a chapter providing guidance to Army Judge Advocates on qualified military counsel for cases arising under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Action (MEJA), 18 USC. 3261-3267 (chap 26).

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