22 U.S.C. § 702 — Arrest of offenders
submitted 82 years ago by ch. 326 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 190 words · no verdicts yet
When a commanding officer of a friendly foreign force makes a specific or general request, authorized United States personnel may promptly arrest a named member of that force and transfer custody for trial in the force’s service courts. Trials for offenses against civilians must generally be open, prompt, and reasonably near the alleged offense.
If the commanding officer of a friendly foreign force that has appropriately empowered service courts in the United States makes a specific or general request, a person in a United States civil, military, or naval establishment who has arrest authority may summarily arrest a member of that force named in the request. The person must deliver the member to an officer of that force, or to United States military or naval authorities who must immediately deliver the member to that force’s officer. The member may then be tried in the force’s service courts in the United States for offenses within those courts’ jurisdiction. However, a trial for an offense against a civilian must be held in open court unless security concerns prevent that, must occur promptly in the United States, and must be held within a reasonable distance of the place where the offense allegedly occurred, for witnesses’ convenience.
Upon a specific or general request of the officer commanding any friendly foreign force, having service courts of appropriate jurisdiction within the United States, it shall be lawful for any person in the civil, military, or naval establishments of the United States having authority to arrest, summarily to arrest any member of such force designated in such request and to deliver him to the custody of any officer of such force or to the custody of the military or naval authorities of the United States who shall deliver him forthwith to the custody of an officer of such force, for trial in such service courts within the United States for such offenses as shall lie within the jurisdiction of the service courts of such friendly foreign force: Provided, That the trial of any member of such friendly foreign force for an offense against a member of the civilian population shall be in open court (except where security consideration forbids), shall take place promptly in the United States and within a reasonable distance from the place where the offense is alleged to have been committed, for the convenience of witnesses.
Source credit: (June 30, 1944, ch. 326, § 2, 58 Stat. 643.)
- 1944Enacted · Act of June 30, 1944, ch. 326 · 58 Stat. 643
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 326 on 1944-06-30.
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