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Code · Louisiana · Title 40 — Public Health and Safety

RS 40:1384

87 words·~1 min read·/la/title-40/40-174

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RS 40:1384
§1384. Prisoners; place of detention; how released; penalty
Any person having charge of a jail or other place of detention shall, provided sufficient facilities are available, receive any prisoner arrested by a police employee of the division and shall detain him in custody until otherwise ordered by a court, by the department, or by the police employee from whom the prisoner was received.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.
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