Constitution of Arkansas (2025 publisher edition) — Article 11

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Article 11

ARTICLE 11
MILITIA
SECTION .
1. Persons liable to military duty.
2. Volunteer companies.
SECTION.
3. Privilege of members from arrest.
4. Authority to call out volunteers or militia.
§ 1. Persons liable to military duty.
The militia shall consist of all able-bodied male persons, residents of the State, between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five years; except such as may be exempted by the laws of the United
States, or this State; and shall be organized, officered, armed and equipped and trained in such
manner as may be provided by law.
§ 2. Volunteer companies.
Volunteer Companies of Infantry, Cavalry or Artillery may be formed in such manner and with
such restrictions as may be provided by law.
§ 3. Privilege of members from arrest.
The volunteer and militia forces shall in all cases (except treason, felony and breach of the
peace) be privileged from arrest during their attendance at muster and the election of officers,
and in going to and returning from the same.
§ 4. Authority to call out volunteers or militia.
The Governor shall, when the General Assembly is not in session, have power to call out the
Volunteers or Militia, or both, to execute the laws, repel invasion, repress insurrection and
preserve the public peace; in such manner as may be authorized by law.
619 Art. 11, § 4 MILITIA

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