Application for writ or order
648 Application for writ or order
An application for any writ of habeas corpus or for an order for the production of any person in confinement for the purpose of examination or trial may be made ex parte.
An application may be made to the Court or to a judge at any time.
If an application is refused by a judge, another application may be made to any other judge.
On the hearing of an application, the Court or a judge may make an order absolute in the first instance or may make an order to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue.
The order and any subsequent proceeding is to be entitled "The Queen against" the person to whom the writ or order is directed, except in the case of an order for the production of a person as witness, which is to be titled in the proceeding.
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