Uniform Code of Military Justice
Article 4. Continuing Jurisdiction.
(a) A person who was subject to this Code at the time of an alleged offense remains subject to investigation, prosecution, trial, sentencing, and judicial review for that offense when jurisdiction is preserved by this Code.
(b) A discharge, separation, retirement, transfer, expiration of enlistment, release from active duty, change of service, or other change in military status does not terminate jurisdiction over an offense when proceedings were lawfully commenced before that change or jurisdiction is otherwise expressly preserved by law.
(c) A change in military status shall not be ordered, obtained, or recognized for the purpose of defeating a military judicial proceeding over which jurisdiction has attached.
(d) Nothing in this Article creates jurisdiction over an offense committed after a person ceased to be subject to this Code unless the person again became subject to this Code before committing the offense.