§ 30-13-5 - Territorial applicability of code. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 30-13-5

   § 30-13-5  Territorial applicability ofcode. – (a) This code applies throughout the state. It also applies to all personsotherwise subject to this code while they are serving outside the state, andwhile they are going to and returning from service outside the state, in thesame manner and to the same extent as if they were serving inside the state.

   (b) Courts-martial and courts of inquiry may be convened andheld in units of the state military forces while those units are servingoutside the state with the same jurisdiction and powers as to persons subjectto this code as if the proceedings were held inside the state, and offensescommitted outside the state may be tried and punished either inside or outsidethe state.