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Art. 11.35. [147] [195] [185] FURTHER PENALTY FOR DISOBEYING 
WRIT.  Any person disobeying the writ of habeas corpus shall also 
be liable to a civil action at the suit of the party detained, and 
shall pay in such suit fifty dollars for each day of illegal 
detention and restraint, after service of the writ.  It shall be 
deemed that a person has disobeyed the writ who detains a prisoner a 
longer time than three days after service thereof, unless where 
further time is allowed in the writ for making the return thereto.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.

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