Section 107 – Procedure — Applicable provisions — Military codes, enforcement of court orders, and liability for civil damages not affected.

• (1) Except as otherwise provided, the procedure governing the accusation, prosecution, conviction, and punishment of offenders and offenses is not regulated by this act but by the code of criminal procedure.

• (2) This code does not affect any power conferred by law upon any court-martial or other military authority or officer to impose and inflict punishment upon offenders violating military codes or laws; nor does it affect any power of a court to punish for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for the enforcement of an order or a civil judgment or decree.

• (3) This act does not bar, suspend, or otherwise affect any right or liability to damages, penalty, forfeiture, impeachment, or other remedy authorized by law to be recovered or enforced in a civil action, administrative proceeding, or otherwise, regardless of whether the conduct involved in the proceeding constitutes an offense defined in this code.

Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session