Warrant to take into custody; detention or temporary guardianship; place of detention

§ 21–1106. Warrant to take into custody; detention or temporary guardianship; place of detentionPursuant to the filing of a petition under section 21–1103, or upon motion at any time thereafter, where it is made to appear to the court by evidence given under oath that it is for the best interest of the alleged feeble-minded person or of other persons or of the community that he be at once taken into custody, or that the service of summons will be ineffectual to secure his presence, a warrant may issue on the order of the court directing that he be t alien into custody and brought before the court forthwith or at such time and place as the court appoints. Pending the hearing of the petition, the court may order the detention of the alleged feeble-minded person, or the placing of him under temporary guardianship of a suitable person, on the latter person’s entering into a recognizance for his appearance, as the court deems proper. Pending the hearing of the petition, the alleged feeble-minded person may not be detained in a place provided for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of a criminal or quasi -criminal offense.