Section 9-5-9 Warrants for commitment to institutions.

RI Gen L § 9-5-9 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 9-5-9. Warrants for commitment to institutions. Any warrant or mittimus issued from any district court committing any person to the institute of mental health shall be directed to and executed by duly authorized agents of the department of human services, who shall make return thereon, the provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding.

History of Section. (G.L., ch. 349, § 6; P.L. 1930, ch. 1618, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1900, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 514, § 6; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; G.L. 1956, § 9-5-9; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 16.)