2005 West Virginia Code - §15-1E-6. — Territorial applicability.

§15-1E-6. Territorial applicability.

(a) This article applies throughout this state. It also applies to all persons otherwise subject to the article while they are serving outside this state, and while they are going to and returning from such service outside this state, in the same manner and to the same extent as if they were serving inside this state.
(b) Courts-martial and courts of inquiry may be convened and held in units of the state military forces while those units are serving outside this state with the same jurisdiction and powers as to persons subject to the article as if the proceedings were held inside this state and persons subject to this article accused of committing offenses outside this state shall be subject to trial and punishment either inside or outside this state.