California · Penal Code
PEN §363: Every person who, either solely or as member of a Court, knowingly and unlawfully recommits, imprisons, or restrains of his liberty, for the same cause, any person who has been discharged upon a writ
What this law says, in plain English
A person who knowingly and unlawfully re-imprisons or restrains someone already released by habeas corpus for the same reason commits a misdemeanor offense.
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