Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces

10 U.S.C. § 807: Art. 7. Apprehension

Civil

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This statute defines the authority and procedures for apprehending persons subject to military law based on reasonable belief of an offense. It grants officers power to quell disturbances and take offenders into custody.

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Apprehension is the taking of a person into custody. Any person authorized under regulations governing the armed forces to apprehend persons subject to this chapter or to trial thereunder may do so upon reasonable belief that an offense has been committed and that the person apprehended committed it. Commissioned officers, warrant officers, petty officers, and noncommissioned officers have authority to quell quarrels, frays, and disorders among persons subject to this chapter and to apprehend persons subject to this chapter who take part therein.

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