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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13-703" title_number="13" title_name="Militia" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Active Duty or Training">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An officer, warrant officer, or noncommissioned officer may warn officers and enlisted individuals for duty by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>stating the substance of the order or reading the order to the individual warned;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>leaving a copy of the order at the last known place of residence or business of the individual;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>mailing a copy of the order to the last known residence or business address of the individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>sending the substance of the order via electronic communication, including telephone, cellular phone, facsimile, or electronic mail.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If required by the officer issuing the order, the officer or noncommissioned officer giving warning shall make a return of warning containing the name of the individual warned and the time, place, and manner of warning.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A return of warning:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may be verified by the officer or noncommissioned officer’s oath, which may be administered by an officer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if verified, at the trial of an individual returned as a delinquent is evidence of the facts stated in the return and is to be considered as if the officer or noncommissioned officer had testified to those facts before a court–martial at trial.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
