Legislation
SECTION 4111
Arrest of truants
Education (EDN) CHAPTER 16, TITLE 6, ARTICLE 83
§ 4111. Arrest of truants. Any attendance officer may arrest without
warrant anywhere within the state any Indian child between six and
sixteen years of age, found away from his home and who is then a truant
from instruction upon which he is lawfully required to attend within the
districts of which such attendance officer has jurisdiction. He shall
forthwith deliver a child so arrested either to the person in parental
relation to the child, or to the teacher of the school from which said
child is then a truant, or in case of habitual truants, shall bring them
before a magistrate for commitment to a school for delinquents, as
provided in section forty-one hundred twelve of this article.
warrant anywhere within the state any Indian child between six and
sixteen years of age, found away from his home and who is then a truant
from instruction upon which he is lawfully required to attend within the
districts of which such attendance officer has jurisdiction. He shall
forthwith deliver a child so arrested either to the person in parental
relation to the child, or to the teacher of the school from which said
child is then a truant, or in case of habitual truants, shall bring them
before a magistrate for commitment to a school for delinquents, as
provided in section forty-one hundred twelve of this article.