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Massachusetts Statutes

§ 12 — Production of prisoner

Massachusetts § 12
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title IVCERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
Ch. 248HABEAS CORPUS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, § 12 (2026).

Text

Section 12. The person who makes the statement shall at the same time produce the prisoner, if in his custody or power or under his restraint, according to the command of the writ, unless prevented by the illness or infirmity of the prisoner.

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