{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1488","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1488","heading":"","body":"If any person is committed to prison, or is in custody of any officer on any criminal charge, by virtue of any warrant of commitment of a magistrate, such person must not be discharged on the ground of any mere defect of form in the warrant of commitment.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 12. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE [1473. - 1564.]","CHAPTER 1. Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus [1473. - 1509.1.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ac44ecbefc182642c03a154dc9f7e7eaac67c8af8a946dec65ff8273a5b8a013","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1487","next":"us-ca/pen-1489"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}