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SECNAVINST 5822.1C
OJAG
26 Mar 2019
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 5822.1C
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FEDERAL MAGISTRATES ACT BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
Ref: (a) 28 U.S.C. §636
(b) 18 U.S.C. §19
(c) 18 U.S.C. §3581
(d) 18 U.S.C. §13
(e) 40 U.S.C. §1315
(f) 18 U.S.C. §3401
(g) 18 U.S.C. §3402
(h) 32 CFR 1290
Encl: (1) Jurisdiction and Procedures
1. Purpose. To revise policies and procedures for handling of
misdemeanors and petty offenses committed at Navy and Marine
Corps installations.
2. Cancellation. SECNAVINST 5822.1B.
3. Applicability. This instruction applies to the Offices of
the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Chief of Naval
Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and all U.S.
Navy and U.S. Marine Corps installations, commands, activities,
field offices, and all other organizational entities within the
Department of the Navy.
4. Policy
a. Pursuant to reference (a), magistrate judges are
appointed by the district judges of each U.S. district court and
have jurisdiction over misdemeanors and petty offenses committed
on Federal installations. Petty offenses are defined in
reference (b). Per reference (c), misdemeanors are offenses
punishable under the laws of the United States, the penalty for
which does not exceed imprisonment for one year.
b. Whenever possible, misdemeanors and petty offenses
committed by civilian personnel on installation property, may be
