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Penal Code § 1501

CHAPTER 1. Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1501Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

If such party is held under illegal restraint or custody, he must be discharged; and if not, he must be restored to the care or custody of the person entitled thereto.