Habeas Corpus Act, 1804

HABEAS CORPUS ACT 1804

CHAPTER CII.

An Act for the more effectual Administration of Justice in those Parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England and Ireland by the issuing of Writs of Habeas Corpus ad testificandum, in certain Cases. [28th July 1804.]

Any judge of the King’s Bench, &c. may award writs of habeas corpus for bringing prisoners before courts to be examined as witnesses.