Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 43.22. Escape From Department Of Corrections

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Art. 43.22. [806] ESCAPE FROM DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.  If 
the condemned person escapes after his delivery to the Director of 
the Department of Corrections, and is not retaken before the time 
appointed for his execution, any person may arrest and commit him to 
the Director of the Department of Corrections whereupon the 
Director of the Department of Corrections shall certify the fact of 
his escape and recapture to the court in which sentence was passed;  
and the court, either in term-time or vacation, shall again appoint 
a time for the execution which shall not be less than thirty days 
from the date of such appointment;  and thereupon the clerk of such 
court shall certify such appointment to the Director of the 
Department of Corrections, who shall proceed at the time so 
appointed to execute the condemned, as hereinabove provided.  The 
sheriff or other officer or other person performing any service 
under this and the preceding Article shall receive the same 
compensation as is provided for similar services under the 
provisions of Articles 1029 or 1030 of the Code of Criminal 
Procedure of 1925, as amended.  If for any reason execution is 
delayed beyond the date set, then the court which originally 
sentenced the defendant may set a later date for execution.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.                                

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