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Penal Code § 1552

CHAPTER 4. Proceedings Against Fugitives From Justice

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1552Official source ↗

Repealed and added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 554.

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.