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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Chapter 2. GENERAL DUTIES OF OFFICERS |
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Art. 2.10. DUTY OF MAGISTRATES |
| It is the duty of every magistrate to preserve the peace within his jurisdiction by the use of all lawful means; to issue all process intended to aid in preventing and suppressing crime; to cause the arrest of offenders by the use of lawful means in order that they may be brought to punishment. |
| Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. |