Kansas Statutes
Article 27 - Code Of Military Justice; Trial Procedure
48-2708 (KCMJ Art. 43) Statute of limitations.

48-2708. (KCMJ Art. 43) Statute of limitations. (a) A person charged with sedition, mutiny, desertion or absence without leave in time of war or aiding a hostile force may be tried and punished at any time without limitation.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person charged with desertion or with the offense punishable under K.S.A. 48-3040 and amendments thereto is not liable to be tried by court-martial if the offense was committed more than three years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person charged with any offense is not liable to be tried by court-martial or punished under K.S.A. 48-2301 and amendments thereto if the offense was committed more than two years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command or before the imposition of punishment under K.S.A. 48-2301 and amendments thereto.
(d) Periods in which the accused was absent from territory in which the state has the authority to apprehend the accused, or in the custody of civil authorities, or in the hands of a hostile force, shall be excluded in computing the period of limitation prescribed in this section.
History: L. 1972, ch. 203, § 48-2708; L. 1988, ch. 191, § 28; July 1.

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