§ 6326. Release or delivery to court
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6326
§ 6326. Release or delivery to court
(3) bring the child before the court or deliver him to a detention or shelter care facility designated by the court or to a medical facility if the child is believed to suffer from a serious physical condition or illness which requires prompt treatment. He shall promptly give written notice, together with a statement of the reason for taking the child into custody, to a parent, guardian, or other custodian and to the court.
Any temporary detention or questioning of the child necessary to comply with this subsection shall conform to the procedures and conditions prescribed by this chapter and other provisions of law.
(b) Detention in police lockup generally prohibited.--Unless a child taken into custody is alleged to have committed a crime or summary offense or to be in violation of conditions of probation or other supervision following an adjudication of delinquency, the child may not be detained in a municipal police lockup or cell or otherwise held securely within a law enforcement facility or structure which houses an adult lockup. A child shall be deemed to be held securely only when physically detained or confined in a locked room or cell or when secured to a cuffing rail or other stationary object within the facility.
(c) Detention in police lockup under certain circumstances.--A child alleged to have committed a crime or summary offense or to be in violation of conditions of probation or other supervision following an adjudication of delinquency may be held securely in a municipal police lockup or other facility which houses an adult lockup only under the following conditions:
Credits
1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective June 27, 1978. Amended 1991, June 14, P.L. 68, No. 9, § 1, effective in 60 days; 1998, Dec. 15, P.L. 949, No. 126, § 5, effective Jan. 1, 1999.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6326, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6326
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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