California · Military and Veterans Code - MVC

MVC §464: The keepers or warden of any jail shall receive the bodies of persons committed by the process or mandate of a military court and confine them in the manner prescribed by law.

What this law says, in plain English

Jail keepers or wardens must accept and hold prisoners committed by military court orders and confine them according to legal requirements.

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The keepers or warden of any jail shall receive the bodies of persons committed by the process or mandate of a military court and confine them in the manner prescribed by law. Except as otherwise specially provided in this division, no fees or charges of any nature shall be demanded or required to be paid by the State, or any military court or member thereof, or by the person executing its mandate or process, or by any public officer for receiving, executing, or returning any such process or mandate, or for any service in connection therewith, or for receiving or confining the person in jail or custody thereunder. Minors shall be confined in a detention home or equivalent place of confinement, and shall not be confined in a jail with other persons. Persons committed by the process or mandate of a military court shall not be photographed or fingerprinted unless such process or mandate expressly so directs.

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