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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

"SUBCHAPTER I.—PROCEEDINGS REGARDING DELINQUENCY, N E G L E C T, OR N E E D OF S U P E R VI S I O N "§ 16-2301. Definitions "As used in this subchapter— "(1) The term 'Division' means the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. "(2) The term 'judge' means a judge assigned to the Family Division of the Superior Court. "(3) The term 'child' means an individual who is under 18 years of age, except that the term 'child' does not include an individual who is sixteen years of age or older and— " (A) charged by the United States attorney with (i) murder, forcible rape, burglary in the first degree, robbery while armed, or assault with intent to commit any such offense, or (ii) an offense listed in clause (i) and any other offense properly joinable with such an offense; " (B) charged with an offense referred to in subparagraph (A) (i) and convicted by plea or verdict of a lesser included offense; or " (C) charged with a traffic offense. For purposes of this subchapter the term 'child' also includes a person under the age of twenty-one who is charged with an offense referred to in subparagraph (A)(i) or (C) committed before he attained the age of sixteen, or a delinquent act committed before he attained the age of eighteen. "(4) The term 'minor' means an individual who is under the age of twenty-one years. "(5) The term 'adult' means an individual who is twenty-one years of age or older. "(6) The term 'delinquent child' means a child who has committed a delinquent act and is in need of care or rehabilitation. "(7) The term 'delinquent act' means an act designated as an offense under the law of the District of Columbia, or of a State if the act occurred in a State, or under Federal law. Traffic offenses shall not be deemed delinquent acts unless committed by an individual who is under the age of sixteen. "(8) The term 'child in need of supervision' means a child who— " (A)(i) is subject to compulsory school attendance and habitually truant from school without justification; " (ii) has committed an offense committable only by children; or "(iii) is habitually disobedient of the reasonable and lawful commands of his parent, guardian, or other custodian and is ungovernable; and " (B) is in need of care or rehabilitation. " (9) The term 'neglected child' means a child— " (A) who has been abandoned or abused by his parent, guardian, or other custodian; " (B) who is without proper parental care or control, subsistence, education as required by law, or other care or control necessary for his physical, mental, or emotional health, and the deprivation is not due to the lack of financial means of his parent, guardian, or other custodian; " (C) whose parent, guardian, or other custodian is unable to discharge his responsibilities to and for the child because of incarceration, hospitalization, or other physical or mental incapacity; or " (D) who has been placed for care or adoption in violation of law.

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