Penal Code section 1495

No writ of habeas corpus can be disobeyed for defect of form, if it sufficiently appear therefrom in whose custody or under whose restraint the party imprisoned or restrained is, the officer or person detaining him, and the Court or Judge before whom he is to be brought.

Source: Section 1495, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=1495. (accessed Sep. 15, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_1495

Original Source: Section 1495, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=1495. (last accessed May 12, 2025).