1.  Under such Office regulations as may be prescribed under this chapter, a person on active state duty subject to this Code who is accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, to the civil authority for trial.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 412.284

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

2.  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, and the offender after having answered to the civil authorities for his or her offense must, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to military custody for the completion of his or her sentence.

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