{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"1735","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1735","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2.5. YOUTHS [1700. - 2202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2.5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. The Youth Authority [1700. - 1915.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2.5/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Commitments to Youth Authority [1730. - 1742.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2.5/chapter-1/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1944, 3rd [1st] Ex. Sess., Ch. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If the court sentences a person under 21 years of age at the time of his apprehension to the payment of a fine and the fine is not paid, the court may either remit the fine in whole or in part, or commit him to confinement for a length of time permitted by the statutes relating to imprisonment for failure to pay fines. But such confinement may be only in a place approved by the Authority.</p>","text":"If the court sentences a person under 21 years of age at the time of his apprehension to the payment of a fine and the fine is not paid, the court may either remit the fine in whole or in part, or commit him to confinement for a length of time permitted by the statutes relating to imprisonment for failure to pay fines. But such confinement may be only in a place approved by the Authority.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/commitments-to-youth-authority-1735","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}