A person committed or in custody on a criminal charge shall not be removed from the place of his confinement into the custody of any other officer, unless it be by habeas corpus or some other legal writ, except for trial, or in case of fire or infection, or other necessity, or in accordance with express provision of law. If any person, after such commitment, shall make out or issue any warrant or process for such removal except as authorized, it shall be void.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 47 - Prisons and Prisoners; Probation and Parole
Chapter 3 - Removal of Prisoners
§ 47-3-1. Removal to jail of another county
§ 47-3-3. No removal after commitment
§ 47-3-5. Removal to place where convicts may be worked
§ 47-3-7. Removal in case of infectious or contagious disease
§ 47-3-9. Removal in case of infectious or contagious disease; place where prisoners may be taken
§ 47-3-11. Transfer of convicted foreign national to country of citizenship