California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Penal Code - PEN |
Part 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Title 12. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE |
Chapter 1. Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus |
Section 1490.
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When a person is imprisoned or detained in custody on any criminal charge, for want of bail, such person is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of giving bail, upon averring that fact in his petition, without alleging that he is illegally confined.
(Enacted 1872.)