32 CFR § 153.1 - Purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s153.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 153.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "153.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO MILITARY JUSTICE"
part_number: "153"
part_name: "CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OVER CIVILIANS EMPLOYED BY OR ACCOMPANYING THE ARMED FORCES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, CERTAIN SERVICE MEMBERS, AND FORMER SERVICE MEMBERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "10 U.S.C. 301."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 8947, Feb. 22, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "153"
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# 153.1 Purpose.
This part:
(a) Implements policies and procedures, and assigns responsibilities under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000, as amended by section 1088 of the “Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005,” October 28, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) for exercising extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction over certain military personnel, former service members of the United States Armed Forces, and over civilians employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States (U.S.).
(b) Implements section 3266 of the Act.