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The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an Act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of King Charles II by what became known as the Habeas Corpus Parliament to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ of habeas corpus, whereby persons unlawfully detained cannot be ordered to be prosecuted before a court of law. The Act of 1679 followed an earlier act of 1640, which established that the command of the King or the Privy Council was no answer to a petition of habeas corpus. Further Habeas Corpus Acts were passed by the British Parliament in 1803, 1804, 1816 and 1862, but it is the Act of 1679 which is remembered as one of the most important statutes in English constitutional history. Though amended, it remains on the statute book to this day.

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In Latin, habeas corpus literally means "you shall have the body (in court)".

Habeas corpus means to have a body. No person can be detained and deny of justifying his side and so to prove that he can ask for counsel or he himself can do so.

Though we are provided with such an Act even in our Indian Constitution, we are unable to implement it well. Because most of the prisoners are being charged and prosecuted against this law.

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Please give an illustration to explain Habeas corpus 1679.

habeas corpus in other words is basically a writ issued by the govt wherein a person who is arrested has to be present in the court for the trail within 24 hours of his arrest.

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