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DIVISION 2.5. YOUTHS 1700-2250›CHAPTER 1. The Youth Authority 1700-1915›ARTICLE 3. Commitments to Youth Authority 1730-1742

§ 1735

California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If the court sentences a person under 21 years of age at the time of his apprehension to the payment of a fine and the fine is not paid, the court may either remit the fine in whole or in part, or commit him to confinement for a length of time permitted by the statutes relating to imprisonment for failure to pay fines. But such confinement may be only in a place approved by the Authority.

(Amended by Stats. 1944, 3rd [1st] Ex. Sess., Ch. 2.)

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