Subchapter II · Apprehension and Restraint
Article 14. Delivery of offenders to civil authorities
2024 Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
Recent revisions Summary of changes Cited by (3)(a) Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, a member of the armed forces 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 for his offense shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to military custody for the completion of his sentence.
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Rules for Courts-Martial
R.C.M. 1102(b)(2)(C)(ii) — Execution and effective date of sentences
Periods during which the accused is in custody of civilian authorities under Article 14 from the time of the delivery to the return to military custody, if the accused was convicted in the…
UCMJ Punitive Articles
Article 86, ¶ 10.c.(5) — Absence without leave
…authorities. A member of the armed forces turned over to the civilian authorities upon request under Article 14 ( see R.C.M. 106) is not absent without leave while held by them under that delivery. When a member of the…
Uniform Code of Military Justice
Art. 137(a)(3) — Articles to be explained
…to sections 802, 803, 807– 815, 825, 827, 831, 837, 838, 855, 877–934, and 937–939 of this title (articles 2, 3, 7–15, 25, 27, 31, 37, 38, 55, 77–134, and 137–139).