Declaration of delinquency
§ 410.30 Declaration of delinquency.
If at any time during the period of a sentence of probation or of conditional discharge the court has reasonable cause to believe that the defendant has violated a condition of the sentence, it may declare the defendant delinquent and file a written declaration of delinquency. When the court receives a request for a declaration of delinquency by a probation officer, it shall make a decision on such request within seventy-two hours of its receipt of the request. Upon filing a written declaration of delinquency, the court must promptly take reasonable and appropriate action to cause the defendant to appear before it for the purpose of enabling the court to make a final determination with respect to the alleged delinquency in accordance with section 410.70 of this article.
If at any time during the sentence the court has reasonable cause to believe the defendant violated a condition, it may declare the defendant delinquent and file a written declaration of delinquency. ★ When a probation officer requests a declaration, the court must decide within 72 hours. ★ After filing, the court must promptly act to get the defendant before it for a final determination under § 410.70.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.