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Division IV - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE AND PRISONERSTitle 22 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIESSubtitle I - CRIMINAL OFFENSESChapter 26 - PRISON MISCONDUCT
Subchapter III - INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO PENAL INSTITUTION
Section 22-2603.04 - Detainment power

D.C. Code § 22-2603.04

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Section 22-2603.04 - Detainment power

Any person who, being lawfully upon the grounds of the penal institution, introduces or attempts to introduce contraband prohibited by § 2-2603.02(a) may be taken into custody by the warden and detained for not more than 2 hours, pending surrender to a police officer with the Metropolitan Police Department.

D.C. Code § 22-2603.04

Dec. 15, 1941, 55 Stat. 800, ch. 572, § 1; June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 991, ch. 646, § 32(b); May 24, 1949, 63 Stat. 107, ch. 139, §127; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 572, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 155 (c) (30); redesignated § 5, Dec. 10, 2009, D.C. Law 18-88, § 210, 56 DCR 7413.