Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 9-14-23. Attachment for Contempt for Disobedience of Writ

Any person disregarding the writ of habeas corpus in any manner whatever shall be liable to attachment for contempt, issued by the judge granting the writ, under which attachment the person may be imprisoned until he complies with the legal requirements of the writ.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3923; Code 1868, § 3946; Code 1873, § 4022; Code 1882, § 4022; Penal Code 1895, § 1223; Penal Code 1910, § 1304; Code 1933, § 50-115.