District of Columbia Statutes
§ 24-703 — Order of examination.
District of Columbia·Title 24 Prisoners and Their Treatment.·Ch. 7 Rehabilitation of Users of Narcotics.
(a)Whenever the Mayor has probable cause to believe that any person within the District of Columbia, other than a person referred to in subsection (b) of this section, is a drug user, he forthwith shall order any law enforcement officer of the District of Columbia to bring that person before him, to conduct a preliminary examination, and if he finds sufficient evidence of addiction, as hereinbefore defined, he shall cause that person to be placed in an institution to be designated by him for an examination by physicians pursuant to § 24-705 .
(b)The Mayor shall not order any person brought before him if the said person is charged with a criminal offense, whether by indictment, information, or otherwise, or if the said person is under sentence for a criminal offense, whether he is servin
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Related
Stamps v. Johns
597 F. Supp. 2d 1 (District of Columbia, 2009)
Legislative History
June 24, 1953, 67 Stat. 77, ch. 149, § 4; July 24, 1956, 70 Stat. 609, ch. 676, title I, § 101
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§ 24-1001
Interstate Corrections Compact.§ 24-1002
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Bureau of Prisons.§ 24-101.01
Corrections Information Council.§ 24-102
Corrections Trustee.§ 24-104
[Reserved].§ 24-1101
Congressional findings and purposes.§ 24-1103
Appointment of Compact Administrator; administration of Compact and supplementary agreements.§ 24-1104
Enforcement of Compact.§ 24-1105
Construction of Compact.