(a) Issuance. If it be made to appear by affidavit that a person may be carried out of the jurisdiction or suffer irreparable injury before compliance with the writ can be enforced, the judge may cause a warrant to be issued commanding such person to be brought before him or her forthwith. (b) Person causing restraint. The judge may also insert in the warrant a command for the apprehension of the person charged with causing the illegal restraint. (c) Procedure. The officer shall execute the writ by bringing the person therein named before the judge, and the answer and proceedings shall be the same as in cases of writs of habeas corpus.
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