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2016 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 64 - Court-ordered Involuntary Treatment of Certain Sexually Violent Persons
Section 6401 - Scope of chapter

42 PA Cons Stat § 6401 (2016) What's This?
§ 6401. Scope of chapter.

This chapter establishes rights and procedures for the civil commitment of sexually violent delinquent children who, due to a mental abnormality or personality disorder, have serious difficulty in controlling sexually violent behavior and thereby pose a danger to the public and further provides for additional periods of commitment for involuntary treatment for said persons.

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