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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 11.47. May Summon Magistrate

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Art. 11.47. [159] [207] [197] MAY SUMMON MAGISTRATE.  To 
ascertain the grounds on which an informal or void warrant has been 
issued, the judge or court may cause to be summoned the magistrate 
who issued the warrant, and may, by an order, require him to bring 
with him all the papers and proceedings touching the matter.  The 
attendance of such magistrate and the production of such papers may 
be enforced by warrant of arrest.

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

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