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whether the court orders a commitment to a Department of
Corrections juvenile correctional facility, which continues
to be governed by section 3313.

 
G. Except for a violation of section 3103, subsection 1,
paragraph D, the court may impose a fine, subject to Title
17-A, sections 1301 to 1304. For the purpose of this
section, juvenile offenses defined in section 3103,
subsection 1, paragraphs B and C are deemed Class E
crimes.

 
H. The court may commit the juvenile to a Department of
Corrections juvenile correctional facility and order that
the disposition be suspended or may commit the juvenile
for a period of detention that may not exceed 30 days,
with or without an underlying suspended disposition to a
Department of Corrections juvenile correctional facility,
which detention must be served concurrently with any other
period of detention previously imposed and not fully
discharged or imposed on the same date but may be served
intermittently as the court may order and must be ordered
served in a detention facility approved or operated by the
Department of Corrections exclusively for juveniles. The
court may order such a disposition to be served as a part
of and with a period of probation that is subject to such
provisions of Title 17-A, section 1204 as the court may
order and that must be administered pursuant to Title 34-
A, chapter 5, subchapter IV 4. Revocation of probation is
governed by the procedure contained in subsection 2. Any
disposition under this paragraph is subject to Title 17-A,
section 1253, subsection 2, but not to Title 17-A, section
1253, subsection 3-B, 4, 5 or 8.

 
I. The court may order the juvenile unconditionally
discharged.

 
The court may invoke its contempt powers as established in the
Maine Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 42 to enforce any
order entered pursuant to this subsection.__If the court after
notice and hearing, in accordance with the Maine Rules of
Criminal Procedure, Rule 42, holds a person in contempt for
violating a court order issued pursuant to this section, the
court may impose a fine of not more than $1,000 plus any
applicable surcharges and assessments; impose a term of
incarceration in jail for a period of not more than 30 days;
or order the parents, legal guardian or custodian to perform
community service with the juvenile.

 
Before a hearing is held that may result in incarceration for
a person alleged to have violated a court order under this
subsection, the court shall advise that person of the right to
be


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