If the person who is the subject of a petition for the writ of habeas corpus is detained upon a criminal charge and the district attorney is in the county, he shall be notified of the hearing. If he is not, the notice shall be given to the prosecutor of the criminal charge.
(Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 236, § 1; Code 1863, § 3931; Code 1868, § 3954; Code 1873, § 4030; Code 1882, § 4030; Penal Code 1895, § 1233; Penal Code 1910, § 1314; Code 1933, § 50-120.)
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- 39A C.J.S., Habeas Corpus, § 275.