Section 3002.  


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  • Every person committed pursuant to this chapter or former Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 6399) of Title 7 of the Penal Code who escapes or attempts to escape from lawful custody is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code. This section does not apply to unauthorized absence from a halfway house.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 623. Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68. Inoperative April 1, 2014. Repealed as of January 1, 2015, pursuant to Section 3202.)