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Division IV - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE AND PRISONERSTitle 24 - PRISONERS AND THEIR TREATMENTChapter 6 - REHABILITATION OF ALCOHOLICS
Subchapter I - GENERAL
Section 24-602 - Definitions

D.C. Code § 24-602

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Current through codified legislation effective October 30, 2024
Section 24-602 - Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter:

(1) The term "chronic alcoholic" means any person who chronically and habitually uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that:
(A) They injure his health or interfere with his social or economic functioning; or
(B) He has lost the power of self-control with respect to the use of such beverages.
(2) The term "Court" means the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
(3) The term "Mayor" means the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

D.C. Code § 24-602

Aug. 4, 1947, 61 Stat. 744, ch. 472, § 2; Aug. 3, 1968, 82 Stat. 618, Pub. L. 90-452, § 3(a); July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 570, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 155(a).