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§  7006.  Obedience  to  the  writ. (a) Generally; defects in form.  A
person upon whom the writ or a copy thereof is  served,  whether  it  is
directed  to  him  or not, shall make a return to it and, if required by
it, produce the body of the  person  detained  at  the  time  and  place
specified,  unless the person detained is too sick or infirm to make the
required trip. A writ of habeas corpus shall not be disobeyed for defect
of form so long as the identity of the person detained  may  be  derived
from its contents.

(b) Compelling obedience. If the person upon whom the writ or a copy thereof is served refuses or neglects fully to obey it, without showing sufficient cause, the court before whom the writ is returnable, upon proof of its service, shall forthwith issue a warrant of attachment against him directed to the sheriff in any county in which such person may be found requiring him to be brought before the court issuing the warrant; he may be ordered committed in close custody to the county jail until he complies with the order of the court. Where such person is a sheriff, the warrant shall be directed to a person specifically designated to execute it. Such person shall have power to call to his aid the same assistance as the sheriff in executing the warrant; a sheriff shall be committed to a jail in a county other than his own.

(c) Precept to bring up person detained. A court issuing a warrant of attachment as prescribed in subdivision (b) may at the same time, or thereafter, issue a precept to the person to whom the warrant is directed ordering him immediately to bring before the court the person detained.