32 CFR § 151.4 - Policy.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s151.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 151.4 - Policy."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "151.4"
section_name: "Policy."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO MILITARY JUSTICE"
part_number: "151"
part_name: "FOREIGN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL JURISDICTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "10 U.S.C. chapter 47, 10 U.S.C. 1037."
regulatory_source: "84 FR 18384, May 1, 2019, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "151"
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# 151.4 Policy.
(a) The Department of Defense will, for dependents of DoD personnel when those dependents are in a foreign country accompanying DoD personnel who are assigned duty to that foreign country:
(1) Maximize the exercise of U.S. jurisdiction to the extent permissible under applicable status of forces agreements or other forms of jurisdiction arrangements.
(2) Protect, to the maximum extent possible, the rights of dependents of DoD personnel who may be subject to criminal trial by foreign courts and imprisonment in foreign prisons.
(3) Secure, where possible, the release of an accused to the custody of U.S. authorities pending completion of all foreign judicial proceedings.
(b) [Reserved]