Title
TITLE 10A - JUVENILE ( + AMENDMENTS)
Body
*NOTICE: This document is provided as a courtesy. This document includes the Act creating Title 10A plus amendments as listed below and have not yet been officially codified. To ensure accuracy, anyone using this document should compare it to the official amendments available at: https://cherokee.legistar.com/Legislation.aspx
Includes: LA 11-21, and LA 17-21
TITLE 10A
JUVENILE CODE
ARTICLE 1. RESERVED
ARTICLE 2.
Chapter
1. General Provisions
2. Custody and Court Proceedings
3. Detention
4. Reserved
5. Treatment of Serious Acts
6. Records
7. Reserved
8. Miscellaneous Offenses
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1
Section
? 2-1-101. Short title--Cherokee Nation Juvenile Code--Subsequent enactments--Effect of captions
? 2-1-102. Legislative intent--Construction of chapter--Purpose
? 2-1-103. Definitions
? 2-1-101. Short title--Cherokee Nation Juvenile Code--Subsequent enactments--Effect of captions
A. Article 2 of Title 10A of the Cherokee Nation Statutes shall be known and may be cited as the "Cherokee Nation Juvenile Code".
B. All statutes hereinafter enacted and codified in Article 2 of Title 10A of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated shall be considered and deemed part of the Cherokee Nation Juvenile Code.
C. Chapter captions are part of the Cherokee Nation Juvenile Code, but shall not be deemed to govern, limit or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any article or part of this Code.
D. The Attorney General shall prepare and prosecute any case or proceeding within the purview of the Cherokee Nation Juvenile Code.
LA 11-21, eff. March 18, 2021.
? 2-1-102. Legislative intent--Construction of chapter--Purpose
It is the intent of the Legislature that Article 2 of this title shall be liberally construed, to the end that its purpose may be carried out.
The purpose of the laws relating to juveniles alleged or adjudicated to be delinquent is to promote t...
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