{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1477","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1477","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 12. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE [1473. - 1564.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-12"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus [1473. - 1509.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-12/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The writ must be directed to the person having custody of or restraining the person on whose behalf the application is made, and must command him to have the body of such person before the Court or Judge before whom the writ is returnable, at a time and place therein specified.</p>","text":"The writ must be directed to the person having custody of or restraining the person on whose behalf the application is made, and must command him to have the body of such person before the Court or Judge before whom the writ is returnable, at a time and place therein specified.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/of-the-writ-of-habeas-corpus-1477","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}