§ 16-1903Title 16
Suspected evasion or disobedience of writ; procedure.
On an application for a writ of habeas corpus, if probable cause is shown for believing that the person charged with confining or detaining the person applying therefor, or on whose behalf the application is made: is about to remove the person so detained from the place where he is then detained, for the purpose of evading a writ of habeas corpus, or for other purposes; or he would evade or not obey a writ of habeas corpus —
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Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 583, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1 1973 Ed., § 16-1903. 1981 Ed., § 16-1903.
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