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HRS §124B-17

Turning over accused service members to civilian authorities

This section says when someone covered by military law is accused of a civilian crime, they may be handed over to civilian authorities for trial or jail. If they were already serving a military sentence, that sentence pauses if they are convicted in civilian court, and they must be returned to finish it when the military asks.

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The statute, as written — Delivery of alleged offenders to civil authorities

(a) A person subject to this chapter accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered upon request to the civil authority for trial or confinement. (b) 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 the offender's offense shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to military custody for the completion of the offender's sentence.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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