Nevada Revised Statutes 412.262 – Territorial applicability of Nevada Code of Military Justice
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1. This Code applies throughout the State. It also applies to all persons otherwise subject to this Code while they are serving outside the State, and while they are going to and returning from such service outside the State, in the same manner and to the same extent as if they were serving inside the State.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 412.262
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
2. Courts-martial and courts of inquiry may be convened and held in units of the Nevada National Guard while those units are serving outside the State with the same jurisdiction and powers as to persons subject to this Code as if the proceedings were held inside the State; and offenses committed outside the State may be tried and punished either inside or outside the State.