[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR1290.5]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                  CHAPTER XII--DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
 
PART 1290_PREPARING AND PROCESSING MINOR OFFENSES AND VIOLATION NOTICES 
REFERRED TO U.S. DISTRICT COURTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1290.5  Background.

    (a) DoD Instruction 6055.4 requires that all traffic violations 
occurring on DoD installations be referred to the appropriate United 
States Magistrate, or State or local system magistrate, in the interest 
of impartial judicial determination and effective law enforcement. 
Exceptions will be made only for those rare violations in which military 
discipline is the paramount consideration, or where the Federal court 
system having jurisdiction has notified the PLFA commander it will not 
accept certain offenses for disposition.
    (b) Generally, the Federal Magistrate System applies state traffic 
laws and

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appropriate Federal laws to all personnel while on Federal property 
(section 13, title 18 U.S.C., Assimilative Crimes Act).