§ 702. — Arrest of offenders.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC702]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 13--SERVICE COURTS OF FRIENDLY FOREIGN FORCES
Sec. 702. Arrest of offenders
Upon a specific or general request of the officer commanding any
friendly foreign force, having service courts of appropriate
jurisdiction within the United States, it shall be lawful for any person
in the civil, military, or naval establishments of the United States
having authority to arrest, summarily to arrest any member of such force
designated in such request and to deliver him to the custody of any
officer of such force or to the custody of the military or naval
authorities of the United States who shall deliver him forthwith to the
custody of an officer of such force, for trial in such service courts
within the United States for such offenses as shall lie within the
jurisdiction of the service courts of such friendly foreign force:
Provided, That the trial of any member of such friendly foreign force
for an offense against a member of the civilian population shall be in
open court (except where security consideration forbids), shall take
place promptly in the United States and within a reasonable distance
from the place where the offense is alleged to have been committed, for
the convenience of witnesses.
(June 30, 1944, ch. 326, Sec. 2, 58 Stat. 643.)
