Power to issue directions of the nature of a Habeas Corpus

Power to issue directions of the nature of a habeas corpus.-(1) The High Court may, whenever it thinks fit, direct-

1. (a) that a person within the limits of its appellate criminal jurisdiction be brought up before the Court to be dealt with according to law;
2. (b) that a person illegally or improperly detained in public or private custody within such limits be set at liberty;
3. (c) that a prisoner detained in any jail situate within such limits be brought before the Court to be there examined as a witness in any matter pending or to be inquired into in such Court;
4. (d) that a prisoner detained as aforesaid be brought before a Court martial or any Commission for trial or to be examined touching any matter pending before such Court –martial or Commissioners respectively;
5. (e) that a prisoner withi9n such limits be removed from one custody to another for the purpose of trial; and
6. (f) that the body of defendant within such limits be brought in one the Sheriff’s return of cepi corpus to a writ of attachment.

1. (2) The High Court may, from time to time, frame rules to regulate the procedure in cases under this section.