Delivery of Offenders to Civil Authorities

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

(b)When delivery under this article 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 civil authorities for his offense, shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to military custody for the completion of his sentence.