Any person who is duly served with a writ of habeas corpus commanding him to produce the body of any other person in his custody, who shall fail to produce the body of the person before the judge, according to the command of the writ, shall forfeit and pay to the party not so produced the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), to be recovered before any court having jurisdiction, the right to recover which shall not cease by the death of either party. The judge before whom the writ was made returnable may also punish the person failing to obey the command thereof or to perform the duties prescribed, or to obey such order as the judge may make, as for a contempt, and compel obedience by process of attachment or otherwise. Any officer from whom the custody of any person is taken by writ of habeas corpus who shall fail to return the cause of commitment of any prisoner or other person as prescribed, may be punished in like manner.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure
§ 11-43-1. To what cases the writ extends
§ 11-43-5. Relator not discharged on account of defective proceedings
§ 11-43-11. Refusal to grant writ
§ 11-43-13. Bail by the way may be required
§ 11-43-15. Writ issued by judge or clerk
§ 11-43-17. Form and service of writ
§ 11-43-19. Taking of person in certain cases
§ 11-43-21. May be served on Sunday
§ 11-43-23. Where and when returnable
§ 11-43-25. When person detaining another guilty of crime
§ 11-43-27. Production of the body
§ 11-43-29. What the return or answer shall contain
§ 11-43-31. Penalty for disobedience of the writ
§ 11-43-37. Return not conclusive
§ 11-43-39. Witnesses subpoenaed-affidavits of
§ 11-43-41. Record of proceedings
§ 11-43-43. Conclusiveness of judgment
§ 11-43-45. Sheriff to attend trial
§ 11-43-47. Costs in certain cases, and security for
§ 11-43-49. Defaulting witness dealt with
§ 11-43-51. Liabilities and rights of witnesses
§ 11-43-53. Appeal in habeas corpus
§ 11-43-55. Procedure on appeal from judgment on habeas corpus