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In any municipality or parish, any law enforcement officer assigned to the juvenile division of the law enforcement department with the rank of desk sergeant or above, or a deputy or above in the sheriffs department, of the equivalent rank is hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths and verify affidavits filed in accordance with Article 26 of the Code of Juvenile Procedure by other members of the police department.  

Added by Acts 1979, No. 666, §1.