§44-72. Ordering into active service.

44 OK Stat § 44-72 (2019) (N/A)
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It shall be the duty of the Governor and he 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, and at all other times he may deem necessary to order on state duty the National Guard or any part thereof. No member thereof who shall be ordered out for such duty shall be liable for civil prosecution for any act done by him in the discharge of his military duty on such occasion, and when the President of the United States shall make a call, order, or requisition for troops, the Governor shall first order into the service of the United States the organizations and arms of the service specified in said requisition.

Laws 1951, p. 117, art. 4, § 2, eff. May 16, 1951.