Cal. PEN § 1554.1
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 1554.1, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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Official statutory text
Whenever the Governor of this State shall demand the return of a person charged with crime in this State or with escaping from confinement or violating the terms of his bail, probation or parole in this State, from the executive authority of any other State or of any foreign government or the chief justice or an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive such demand, he shall issue a warrant under the seal of this State to an agent, commanding him to receive the person so demanded and to convey him to the proper officer in the county in this State in which the offense was committed.
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