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      Sec. 46b-145. (Formerly Sec. 51-326). Prohibition on prosecution of child before regular criminal docket. Exceptions. No child shall be prosecuted for an offense before the regular criminal docket of the Superior Court except as provided in section 46b-127 and subsection (f) of section 46b-133c.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2817; P.A. 76-436, S. 29, 681; P.A. 95-225, S. 26.)

      History: P.A. 76-436 replaced juvenile court with superior court and added exception, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 17-72 temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-326 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-145 in 1979, (see note to Sec. 17-72) and references to other sections within provisions revised as necessary by the Revisors to reflect their transfer; P.A. 95-225 limited provisions to prosecutions before the "regular criminal docket" of the Superior Court, deleted provision that prohibited the adjudication of a child as delinquent being deemed a conviction of a crime, deleted reference to Sec. 46b-126, reflecting repeal of said section by same public act, and added exception for a prosecution as provided in Subsec. (f) of Sec. 46b-133c.

      Annotations to former section 17-72:

      Cited. 115 C. 592; 154 C. 644, 648; 156 C. 632.

      Juvenile court commitment is not a criminal prosecution but is a civil inquiry. 19 CS 374.

      Annotations to present section:

      Cited. 195 C. 303, 304. Cited. 206 C. 323, 331. Cited. Id., 346, 355, 360. Cited. 210 C. 435, 443. Cited. 211 C. 151, 157. Cited. 229 C. 691, 697, 699, 701.

      Cited. 46 CA 545.

      Cited. 43 CS 367-370.