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LD 5 Title Page An Act to Correct a Reference in the Maine Juvenile Code LD 5 Title Page
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LR 1088
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3202, as repealed and replaced by PL 1979, c. 681,
§9, is amended to read:

 
§3202. Arrest warrants for juveniles

 
An arrest warrant for a juvenile shall must be issued in the
manner provided by Rule 4, Maine District Court Criminal Rules of
the Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, provided except that
affidavits alone shall must be presented and a petition shall is
not be necessary. Following arrest, the juvenile shall be is
subject to the procedures specified in section 3301.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill replaces the outdated reference to the Maine
District Court Criminal Rules with that of the Maine Rules of
Criminal Procedure. In 1989, the Maine District Court Criminal
Rules were abrogated and the substance of the Maine District
Court Criminal Rule 4 was carried forward into the Maine Rules of
Criminal Procedure, Rule 4.


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