[§124A-18]  Delivery of offenders to civilauthorities.  (a)  Under such rules as may be adopted under this chapter, aperson subject to this chapter who is on active state duty or on duty statusother than active state duty who is accused of an offense against civilauthority may be delivered, upon request, to the civil authority for trial.

(b)  When delivery under this section is madeto any civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, thedelivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts theexecution of the sentence of the court-martial, and the offender after havinganswered to the civil authorities for the offender's offense shall, upon therequest of competent military authority, be returned to military custody forthe completion of the offender's sentence. [L 1982, c 171, pt of §2; gen ch1985]