If from the examination before a magistrate of the Court of First Instance it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and, except in cases arising under § 1881e of this title, that he has fled from justice, the magistrate must, by a warrant reciting the accusation or complaint, commit him to jail for such a time not exceeding thirty (30) days and specified in the warrant, as will enable to arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the judge of the Court of First Instance on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused give bail as provided in § 1881o of this title, or until he shall be legally discharged. History —May 24, 1960, No. 4, p. 4, § 15, eff. 30 days after May 24, 1960.
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