Alaska Statutes.
Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace
Chapter 5. Code of Military Justice
Section 400. Restraint of Persons Charged with Offenses.
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AS 26.05.400. Restraint of Persons Charged with Offenses.

   (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person charged with an offense under this chapter may be arrested or confined as circumstances may require. A person arrested or confined before trial is entitled to prompt notice of the offense of which the person is accused.
   (b) A person subject to the code of military justice who is charged with a minor offense normally tried by a summary court-martial or subject to nonjudicial punishment under the code of military justice may not be placed in confinement.
   (c) When a person subject to the code of military justice is placed in confinement before summary court-martial or nonjudicial punishment, the person shall be conditionally released pending disposition of the charges.

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