Okla. Stat. tit. 44, § 44-72
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Ordering into active service
Official statutory text
It shall be the duty of the Governor, and he or she is
authorized and required, in case of war, invasion, insurrection, or
breach of the peace or imminent danger thereof or any forcible
obstructing of the execution of the laws or reasonable apprehension
thereof, or an imminent or existing epidemic or pandemic, and at all
other times he or she may deem necessary, to order on state active
duty the National Guard or any part thereof. No member thereof who
shall be ordered out for such state active duty shall be liable for
civil prosecution for any act done by him or her in the discharge of
his or her military duty on such occasions.
authorized and required, in case of war, invasion, insurrection, or
breach of the peace or imminent danger thereof or any forcible
obstructing of the execution of the laws or reasonable apprehension
thereof, or an imminent or existing epidemic or pandemic, and at all
other times he or she may deem necessary, to order on state active
duty the National Guard or any part thereof. No member thereof who
shall be ordered out for such state active duty shall be liable for
civil prosecution for any act done by him or her in the discharge of
his or her military duty on such occasions.
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