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SECTION 1700-1705
1700. The purpose of this chapter is to protect society from the consequences of criminal activity and to that purpose community restoration, victim restoration, and offender training and treatment shall be substituted for retributive punishment and shall be directed toward the correction and rehabilitation of young persons who have committed public offenses. 1701. This chapter may be cited as the Youth Authority Act. 1702. This chapter shall apply only to public offenses committed subsequently to the date upon which it becomes effective. 1703. Commencing July 1, 2005, as used in this chapter the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Public offenses" means public offenses as that term is defined in the Penal Code. (b) "Court" includes any official authorized to impose sentence for a public offense. (c) "Youth Authority," "Authority," "authority," or "division" means the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities. (d) "Board" or "board" means the Board of Parole Hearings, until January 1, 2007, at which time "board" shall refer to the body created to hear juvenile parole matters under the jurisdiction of the Chief Deputy Secretary for Juvenile Justice in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (e) The masculine pronoun includes the feminine. 1704. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with or limit the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. 1705. It is the intention of the Legislature that all persons in the custody of an institution under the supervision of the Department of the Youth Authority shall be afforded reasonable opportunities to exercise religious freedom.
