{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1552","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1552","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 4. Proceedings Against Fugitives From Justice [1547. - 1558.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-12/chapter-4"}],"history":"Repealed and added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 554.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If at the hearing before the magistrate, it appears that the accused is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged, the magistrate must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the county jail for such a time, not exceeding thirty days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the Governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the State having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused give bail as provided in section 1552.1, or until he shall be legally discharged.</p>","text":"If at the hearing before the magistrate, it appears that the accused is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged, the magistrate must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the county jail for such a time, not exceeding thirty days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the Governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the State having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused give bail as provided in section 1552.1, or until he shall be legally discharged.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/proceedings-against-fugitives-from-justice-1552","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}