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PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963

§ 16-1703. Relief from further penalty upon discovery and repayment of losses Upon the discovery and repayment of the money or other thing to be discovered and repaid as provided by section 16-1702, the person who so discovers and repays shall be acquitted, indemnified, and discharged from any further or other punishment, forfeituie, or penalty, that he may have incurred by the playing for, or winning, the money or other thing so discovered and repaid. § 16-1704. Cheating at gambling Whoever, at any one time or sitting, by fraud or false pretense, while playing at any game, or while having a share in a wager played for, or while betting on the sides or hands of persons who play, wins, or acquires to himself or to any other person, above the sum or value of $25, shall, upon conviction of the offense, forfeit five times the value of the sum of money or other thing so won, and shall be deemed infamous. The penalty prescribed by this section may be recovered in a civil action by the persons specified by, and in the manner provided by. section 16-1702.

CHAPTER 19—HABEAS CORPUS See. 16-1901. 16-1902. 16-1903. 16-1904. 16-1905. 16-1906. 16-1907. lft-1908. 16-1909.

Petition to District Court; issuance of writ. Service of writ; return. Suspected evasion or disobedience of writ; procedure. Forfeiture and penalty for failure to produce. Right to copy of commitment: forfeiture. Inquiry into cause of detention; bail; bond. Traversing return; pleading; witnesses. Right of other persons to writ. Construction of chapter.

§ 16-1901. Petition to District Court; issuance of writ A person committed, detained, confmed, or restrained from his lawful liberty within the District, under any color or pretense whatever, or a person in his behalf, may apply by petition to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or a judge thereof, for a writ of habeas corpus, to the end that the cause of the commitment, detainer, confinement, or restraint may be inquired into. The court or the judge applied to, if the facts set forth in the petition make a prima facie case, shall forthwith grant the writ, directed to the officer or other person in whose custody or keeping the party so detained is, returnable forthwith before the court or judge. § 16-1902. Service of writ; return A writ of habeas corpus issued pursuant to this chapter shall be served by delivering it to the officer or other person to whom it is directed, ox. by leaving it at the prison or place at which the party suin^ it out is detained. The officer or other person shall forthwith, or within such reasonable time as the court or judge directs: (1) make return of the writ and cause the person detained to be brought before the court or judge, according to the command of the writ; and (2) certify the true cause of his detainer or imprisonment, if any, and under what color or pretense he is confined or restrained of his liberty. § 16-1903. Suspected evasion or disobedience of writ: procedure On an application for a writ of habeas corpus, if probable cause is shown for believing that the person charged with confining or

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