x11 APPENDIX III. PROVISIONS OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT, 1679. It enacts: —(1) That on complaint and request in Provisions of the writing by or on behalf of any peison Habeas Corpus Act, committed and charged with any crime 1679. (unless committed for treason or felony plainly expressed in the warrant; or as accessory or on suspicion of being accessory before the fact to any petit treason or felony; or upon suspicion of such petit treason plainly expressed in the warrant ; or unless he is convicted or charged in execution by legal process) the Lord Chan. cellor or any of the judges in vacation, upon viewing a copy of the warrant, or affidavit that a copy is denied, shall (unless the party has neglected for two whole terms after his imprisonment to apply to any court for his enlargement) award a habeas corpus for such prisoner, returnable immediately before himself or any other of the judges. And upon service thereof the officer in whose custody the prisoner is shall bring him before the said Lord Chancellor or other judge, with the return of such writ and the tue cause of the commitment; and thereupon, within two days after the party shall be brought before them, the said Lord Chancellor or other judge shall discharge the prisoner, if bailable, upon giving security in any sum according to their discretion, having regard to his quality and the nature of his offence, to appear and answer to the accusation in the proper course of judicature, (2) That such writs shall be endorsed as granted in pursuance of this Act, and signed by the person awarding the same. (3) That the writ shall