SECTION 585

(1) An application for habeas corpus shall be supported by an affidavit and shall state: (a) the identity of the applicant and where necessary, that of the person arrested or detained; (b) the place of arrest or detention; (c) a precise summary of the facts constituting the alleged illegality. (2) The application shall be addressed in four (4) copies to the President of the High Court and filed in the registry of the said court. (3) The President seized of the application shall order the custodian of the person detained to produce him on the day and hour mentioned in the order with the documents authorizing the arrest or detention. He shall forward a copy of the application and the order to the Legal Department for its submissions. (4) Where the arrest or detention appears to be illegal, the President shall order the immediate release of the person detained. (5) In case of non appearance of the detainee, the President or such other judge appointed shall consider the reasons for his non-appearance and decide on the basis of the documents produced before him in compliance with the foregoing sub-section.