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§15-1E-11. Restraint of persons charged with offenses.

(a) Any person subject to this article charged with an offense under this article may be ordered into arrest or confinement. When any person subject to this article is placed in arrest or confinement prior to trial, immediate steps shall be taken to inform him of the specific wrong of which he is accused, to try him, or to dismiss the charges and release him.
(b) The convening authority of any court-martial shall have the power to issue warrants of apprehension directed to the sheriff or police officer within the proper county to apprehend persons subject to this article charged with an offense under this article and to deliver such persons into the custody of the state military forces.
(c) In cases where the unit of which the accused is a member is not in a status of active state duty or engaged in annual field training, such accused, if apprehended or ordered into confinement prior to or during trial by a military court, may be admitted to bail by the officer exercising special court-martial jurisdiction over him or by a superior commanding officer, or the adjutant general.