§660-17 Return to be prompt. Any person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed, upon payment or tender of reasonable charges or expenses for its execution if ordered by the court, and any person to whom an order to show cause is directed, shall make return thereto with as much promptness as the nature of the case will permit. [L 1870, c 32, §12; RL 1925, §2740; RL 1935, §4325; RL 1945, §10366; am L 1953, c 101, §10; RL 1955, §239-17; HRS §660-17; am L 1972, c 90, §5(k)] Case Notes Amendment of return. 15 H. 276 (1903).
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