---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 724.111"
title: "32"
number: "724.111"
heading: "Punitive discharge."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/724.111"
---

# §724.111. Punitive discharge.


A discharge awarded by sentence of a court-martial. There are two types of punitive discharges:

- (a) **Bad conduct.** A separation from the naval service under conditions other than honorable. It may be effected only as a result of the approved sentence of a general or special court-martial.
- (b) **Dishonorable.** A separation from the naval service under dishonorable conditions. It may be effected only as a result of the approved sentence of a general court-martial.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 1553.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 10943, Mar. 19, 1985, unless otherwise noted.