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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 571-73

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Shelter: means the temporary care of children in physically unrestricting facilities pending court disposition. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 571-2

Nothing in section 571-71 or arrest records” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2019″ statecd=”HI”>571-72 shall be construed to divest family courts of any of their powers, but the same shall specifically grant to the police departments of the several counties the power to take; detain; question; investigate; provide outreach, counsel, release, and follow-up services; and refer to appropriate social or other agencies, private or governmental, as the facts of the case appear to justify, minors coming within section 571-72, subject, however, to sections 571-31 and shelter; release; notice” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2019″ statecd=”HI”>571-32.