33-13-9 - Jurisdiction to try certain personnel. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 33-13-9. Jurisdiction to try certain personnel.
 

(1)  Each person separated from the state military forces who committed offenses while subject to this code, before such separation, and who later returned to the status of a person subject to this code, is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under this code committed before separation, including fraudulent discharge. 

(2)  No person who has deserted from state military forces may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this code by virtue of a separation from any later period of service. 
 

Sources: Former § 33-13-5 [Codes, 1942, § 8529-03; Laws,  1966, ch. 538, § 3] amended and recodified as § 33-13-9 by Laws,  1981, ch. 362, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 1981. Former § 33-13-9 recodified as § 33-13-13.