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Section 1 - Persons Entitled to Writ; Exceptions - Section 1. Whoever is imprisoned or restrained of his liberty...
Section 2 - By Whom Issued - Section 2. The writ may be issued, irrespective of the...
Section 3 - Petition for Writ; Contents; Annexed Papers - Section 3. The petition for the writ shall be in...
Section 4 - Issuance of Writ; Return - Section 4. The court or magistrate to whom the petition...
Section 5 - Form of Writ - Section 5. If the imprisonment or restraint is not by...
Section 6 - Signature of Magistrate or Clerk; Service - Section 6. If the writ is issued by the court...
Section 7 - Designation of Custodian of Prisoner - Section 7. The person who has the custody of the...
Section 8 - Designation of Prisoner - Section 8. The person restrained shall be designated by name,...
Section 9 - Expense of Transporting Prisoner; Advance Payment - Section 9. If the person restrained is confined in jail...
Section 10 - Return of Writ - Section 10. Any person to whom the writ is directed...
Section 11 - Contents of Return - Section 11. The person in whose custody the prisoner is...
Section 12 - Production of Prisoner - Section 12. The person who makes the statement shall at...
Section 13 - Illness Preventing Production of Prisoner - Section 13. If by reason of the illness or infirmity...
Section 14 - Return Before Justice of Court - Section 14. If the court to which the writ is...
Section 15 - Causes of Imprisonment; Examination - Section 15. After the writ has been returned, the prisoner...
Section 16 - Notice to Persons Interested in Continuing Imprisonment - Section 16. If it appears from the return of the...
Section 17 - Notice; Prisoners Held for Crimes - Section 17. If it appears from the return of the...
Section 18 - Custody of Prisoner Pending Examination - Section 18. Until judgment is given, the court or justice...
Section 19 - Bail - Section 19. If the prisoner is detained for a cause...
Section 20 - Prisoners Committed in Civil Actions for Want of Bail; Bail - Section 20. If the prisoner has been committed on mesne...
Section 21 - Prisoners Committed on Criminal Charges; Bail - Section 21. If a person is committed to jail on...
Section 22 - Remanding Prisoner - Section 22. If the prisoner is lawfully imprisoned or restrained...
Section 23 - Discharging Prisoner - Section 23. If no legal cause is shown for the...
Section 24 - Imprisonment After Discharge - Section 24. No person who has been discharged upon a...
Section 25 - Scope of Chapter - Section 25. This chapter shall not affect the power of...
Section 26 - Refusal of Officer to Deliver Copy of Warrant; Penalty - Section 26. An officer who refuses or neglects for six...
Section 27 - Refusal to Obey Writ; Attachment - Section 27. If a person to whom a writ of...
Section 28 - Attachment; Executing Officers - Section 28. If such attachment is issued against a sheriff...
Section 29 - Refusal to Obey Writ; Precept Commanding Production of Prisoner - Section 29. Upon the refusal or neglect of the person...
Section 30 - Refusal to Obey Writ; Penalty - Section 30. Whoever refuses or neglects to receive and execute...
Section 31 - Resistance or Disobedience of Writ; Attachment - Section 31. Whoever resists the service of the writ of...
Section 32 - Removing or Concealing Prisoner; Penalty - Section 32. Whoever, having in his custody or power a...
Section 33 - Recovery of Penalties; Effect on Actions by Aggrieved Parties - Section 33. The recovery of any penalty imposed by the...
Section 34 - Persons in Custody of United States Marshal - Section 34. This chapter shall not authorize the taking of...
Section 35 - Personal Liberty; How Secured - Section 35. No person shall be deprived of his liberty...
Section 36 - Petition to Obtain Personal Liberty - Section 36. Whoever has reason to believe that another person...
Section 37 - Notice to Custodians, Etc. - Section 37. Upon the filing of such petition, the court...
Section 38 - Examination of Witnesses - Section 38. The court may examine the witnesses separately and...
Section 39 - Conducting Examinations; Assistance From District Attorneys - Section 39. The probate court may request the district attorney...
Section 40 - Payment of Fees - Section 40. The fees for the service of process and...