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HABEAS CORPUS ACT 1804 - SECT 1

Any judge of the High Court may award writs of habeas corpus for bringing prisoners before courts to be examined as witnesses.

1.] From and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for any judge of
[the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland], ..., at his discretion, to
award a writ or writs of habeas corpus, for bringing any prisoner or prisoners
detained in any ... prison before any of the said courts, ..., or before any
other court of record in the said parts of the said United Kingdom, to be
there examined as a witness or witnesses, and to testify the truth before such
courts, or any ... jury, in any cause or causes, matter or matters, civil or
criminal, whatsoever, which now are or hereafter shall be depending or to be
enquired into or determined in any of the said courts.

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