Section 451.

The constitution and jurisdiction of general courts-martial, special courts-martial, summary courts-martial, and courts of inquiry, the form and manner in which the proceedings are conducted and recorded, the forms of oaths and affirmations taken in the administration of military law by such courts, the limits of punishment, and the proceedings in the revision thereof, shall be governed by the terms of the Articles of War, the National Defense Act, the laws and regulations governing the Army of the United States and the United States Air Force, and the law and procedure of similar courts of the United States Army, and the United States Air Force, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

From and after May 31, 1951, the provisions of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (Public Law 506, Eighty-first Congress, Second Session, Chapter 169) the rules and regulations published thereunder, shall govern and be applicable except as otherwise provided in this code to the active militia including the California National Guard.

(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 408.)