Act No. 190 Section 540

Adjournment of cause.

Section 540

SEC. 540. Adjournment of cause. — The court or judge to whom the writ is returned, or the court into which it is adjourned, may, for good cause shown, continue the cause, and shall make such order for the safekeeping of the person imprisoned or detained as the nature of the case requires.

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