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 542 PUBLIC LAWS--CO. 393-AUG. 4, 1949 [63 STAT. scandalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals; sleeping on watch; smuggling liquor onboard a vessel of the Government; striking another person in the Coast Guard; striking or assaulting a superior officer; suffering a vessel of the Coast Guard to be stranded or run upon a rock or shoal or improperly hazarded through inattention or negligence; theft; unauthorized use of a vehicle; using profane, abusive, obscene, or threatening language; and violation of a lawful order or regulation issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Commandant. § 568. Limitations (a) Except as provided in this section, no person shall be tried by a Coast Guard court or otherwise punished for any offense which appears to have been committed more than two years before the issuance of the order for such trial or punishment, unless by reason of having absented himself or of some other manifest impediment he shall not have been amenable to justice within that period. (b) No person shall be tried by a Coast Guard court or otherwise punished for desertion in time of peace committed more than two years before the issuance of the order for such trial or punishment, unless he shall meanwhile have absented himself from the United States or by reason of some other manifest impediment shall not have been amenable to justice within that period, in which case the time of his absence shall be excluded in computing the period of the limitation. In no event shall the period of limitation begin until the end of the term for which such person was enlisted in the service. § 569. Trial by civil authorities; offenses against United States (a) For offenses against the laws of the United States other than Ante, p. 4. those specified in section 567 of this title, offenders shall be turned over to the civil authorities for trial. (b) The jurisdiction conferred by this chapter for the punishment of offenses shall not be regarded as exclusive, but offenders may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be turned over to the civil authorities for trial by any court having jurisdiction of the offense. § 570. Designation of Federal prison The Secretary of the Treasury may designate, as the place of execu- tion of the sentence of a Coast Guard court involving imprisonment, any prison or penitentiary that receives Federal prisoners. § 571. Treasury and Navy Department jurisdiction In the initiation, prosecution, and completion of disciplinary action, including remission and mitigation of punishments for any offense committed by any officer or enlisted person of the Coast Guard, the department having jurisdiction of the person of the offender at the time the first report of a violation is made shall have jurisdiction to carry the prosecution through to completion, and the proceedings, punishment, review, and serving of the sentence, shall be in accordance with the laws and regulations of that department, notwithstanding the fact that the Coast Guard may be transferred from one department to another after commission of the offense and before ultimate com- pletion of any sentence imposed as the result of such violation.

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