§ 12-64-204 - Restraint of persons charged with offenses.
12-64-204. Restraint of persons charged with offenses.
(a) Any person subject to this code charged with an offense under this code shall be ordered into arrest or confinement, as circumstances may require. However, when charged only with an offense normally tried by a summary court-martial, the person shall not ordinarily be placed in confinement.
(b) When any person subject to this code is placed in arrest or confinement prior to trial, immediate steps shall be taken to inform him of the specific wrong of which he is accused and to try him or to dismiss the charges and release him.