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42 Pa.C.S. § 6401: Scope of chapter.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART VI ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY
- CHAPTER 64 COURT-ORDERED INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SEXUALLY VIOLENT PERSONS
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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