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HIGH COURT RULES 20042004 No. 304- RULE 25.11

Return to a writ of habeas corpus
25.11.1 An order that a writ of habeas corpus issue shall give directions as to the Court or Justice before whom the writ is returnable and the writ shall be returnable immediately.

25.11.2 The person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed shall, at the time and place specified in the writ, make a return to the writ.

25.11.3 A return to a writ of habeas corpus shall:

(a)
be indorsed on or attached to the writ;

(b)
set out all the causes of the detention of the person named in the writ; and

(c)
be filed in the Registry from which the writ was issued.

25.11.4 A return to a writ of habeas corpus may, by leave of the Court or a Justice, be amended or another return substituted for it.



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