Proceedings instituted by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to determine the mental condition of an alleged indigent mentally ill person or a person alleged to be mentally ill, with homicidal or otherwise dangerous tendencies, shall be according to the provisions of subchapter IV of this chapter.
CREDIT(S)
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 759, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 567, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 150(c)(5)(A); Mar. 24, 1998, D.C. Law 12-81, § 14(k), 45 DCR 745.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 21-581.
1973 Ed., § 21-581.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-81, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 21-546.