Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 11. PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PRECEDING SECTION.
Official statutory text
Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding State a person in his custody under the Governor's warrant, in wilful disobedience to Section 10 of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
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