Cite as: 10 CNCA § 1144

Any person who knowingly and willfully:

1. causes, aids, abets or encourages a minor to be, to remain or to become delinquent, in need of supervision or dependent and neglected; or

2. omits the performance of any duty, which act or omission causes or tends to cause, aid, abet, or encourage any minor to be delinquent, in need of supervision or dependent and neglected, within the purview of 10 CNCA § 1101(2), (3) or (4), upon conviction, shall be guilty of a crime and, as applicable, shall be punished pursuant to the provisions of 21 CNCA § 856, 858.1 or 858.2.