Rhode Island General Laws 12-9-3. Governor’s duty to deliver fugitives from justice
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Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance of the Constitution, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-3.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 12-9-3
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8