5208 - Delivery of offenders to civil authorities.
§ 5208. Delivery of offenders to civil authorities. (a) General rule.--Under such regulations as may be prescribed under this part, a person subject to this part on active State duty, accused of an offense against civil authority, may be delivered, upon request of such civil authority, to such civil authority for trial. (b) Effect on sentence of court-martial.--When delivery under this section 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. 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 such sentence of the court-martial.