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2020 District of Columbia Code
Title 16 - Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
Chapter 19 - Habeas Corpus
§ 16–1905. Right to copy of commitment; forfeiture
Universal Citation: DC Code § 16–1905 (2020)
A person committed or detained, or a person in his behalf, may demand a true copy of the warrant of commitment or detainer. An officer or other person detaining a person, who refuses or neglects to deliver to him or to a person in his behalf a true copy of the warrant of commitment or detainer, if one exists, within six hours after the demand, shall forfeit to the party so detained the sum of $500.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 584, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)
Prior Codifications1981 Ed., § 16-1905.
1973 Ed., § 16-1905.
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