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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title IV CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
  4. Chapter 248 HABEAS CORPUS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY
  5. Section 31 Resistance or disobedience of writ; attachment

Section 31

Section 31: Resistance or disobedience of writ; attachment

Section 31. Whoever resists the service of the writ of habeas corpus, or disobeys it when served, shall be liable to attachment as for a contempt of the court or justice before whom the writ is returnable.