Article 14. Delivery of offenders to civil authorities

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RS 114 - Article 14. Delivery of offenders to civil authorities

A. Under such regulations as may be prescribed, a person subject to this code who is on duty status who is accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, to the civil authority for trial.

B. When delivery under this Article is made to any civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, the delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial, and the offender after having answered to the civil authorities of his offense shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to the place of original custody for the completion of his sentence.

Acts 1974, No. 621, §1; Acts 1992, No. 530, §1, eff. July 1, 1992.


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