Subdivision 1. No limitation. A person charged with desertion or absence without leave in time of war, or with aiding the enemy or with mutiny may be tried and punished at any time without limitation.
Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2002 c 308 s 71]
Subd. 3. Three-year limitation. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 1, and section 628.26, a person charged with any offense is not liable to be tried by court-martial or punished under section 192A.0851 if the offense was committed more than three years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising court-martial jurisdiction over the command or before the imposition of punishment under section 192A.0851.
Subd. 4. Excluded periods. Periods in which the accused was absent from territory in which the state has the authority to apprehend the accused, or in the custody of civil authorities, or in the hands of the enemy, shall be excluded in computing the period of limitation prescribed in this section.
History:1963 c 661 s 192A.235; 1986 c 444; 2002 c 308 s 31; 2013 c 78 s 11