Section 38-2-462. Effective date of sentences

   (a) Whenever a sentence of a court-martial, as lawfully adjudged and approved, includes a forfeiture of pay and allowances in addition to confinement not suspended, the forfeiture may apply to pay and allowances becoming due on or after the date such sentence is approved by the convening authority and to any pay and allowance accrued before such date.

(b) Any period of confinement included in a sentence of a court-martial shall begin to run from the date the sentence is adjudged by the court-martial, but periods during which the sentence to confinement is suspended shall be excluded in computing the service of the term of confinement. Regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter may provide that sentences of confinement shall not be executed until approved by such officers as may be designated in such regulations.

(c) All other sentences of court-martial shall become effective on the date ordered executed.

Ga. L. 1955, p. 10, § 60.57.