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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE CIVIL COMMITMENT PROCESS FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:


SECTION 1. Section 7 of chapter 123 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 24, the figure "4" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 5.

SECTION 2. Section 12 of said chapter 123, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 11, 22, 65, 68, 73, 87 and 88, the word "four" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following word:- three.

Approved December 1, 2004.