(730 ILCS 5/3-9-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-9-6)
Sec. 3-9-6. Unauthorized Absence. Whenever a person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice absconds or absents himself or herself without authority
to do so, from
any facility or program to which he or she is assigned, he or she
may be held in custody
for return to the proper correctional official by the authorities or
whomsoever directed, when an order is certified by the Director of Juvenile Justice or
a person duly designated by the Director, with the seal of the Department
of Juvenile Justice attached. The person so designated by the Director of Juvenile Justice with such
seal attached may be one or more persons and the appointment shall be made
as a ministerial one with no recordation or notice necessary as to the
designated appointees. The order shall be directed to all sheriffs,
coroners, police officers, keepers or custodians of jails or other
detention facilities whether in or out of the State of Illinois, or to any
particular person named in the order.
(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)
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