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[CITE: 42USC3425]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
               CHAPTER 42--NARCOTIC ADDICT REHABILITATION
 
SUBCHAPTER II--CIVIL COMMITMENT OF PERSONS NOT CHARGED WITH ANY CRIMINAL 
                                 OFFENSE
 
Sec. 3425. Penalties; escape or rescue from custody

    Whoever escapes or attempts to escape while committed to 
institutional custody for examination or treatment under this 
subchapter, or whoever rescues or attempts to rescue or instigates, 
aids, or assists the escape or attempt to escape of such a person, shall 
be subject to the penalties provided in sections 751 and 752 of title 
18.

(Pub. L. 89-793, title III, Sec. 315, Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1448.)
