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O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1005

Territorial applicability of article

— Code 1981, § 38-2-1005, Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 enacted by Ga

(a) This article shall be applicable at all times and in all places, provided that either the person subject to this article is in a duty status or, if not in a duty status, that there is a nexus between the act or omission constituting an offense under this article and the efficient functioning of the organized militia. Such grant of military jurisdiction

shall neither preclude nor limit civilian jurisdiction over an offense except when the prohibition of double jeopardy is concerned.

(b) Courts-martial and courts of inquiry may be convened and held in units of the organized militia while those units are serving outside of this state with the same jurisdiction and powers as to persons subject to this article as if such proceedings were held inside this state, and offenses committed outside this state may be tried and punished under this article either inside or outside this state.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.