(a) Under such regulations as may be issued pursuant to this chapter, a person subject to this code accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, to the civil authority for trial. (b) When delivery under this article is made to any civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, such delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, shall be held to interrupt the execution of the sentence of the court-martial, and the offender after having answered to the civil authorities for his offense shall, upon the request of the adjutant general, be returned to military custody for the completion of the said court-martial sentence.
New York Legal Code