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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 45. JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Art. 45.002. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER |
| Criminal proceedings in the justice and municipal courts shall be conducted in accordance with this chapter, including any other rules of procedure specifically made applicable to those proceedings by this chapter. If this chapter does not provide a rule of procedure governing any aspect of a case, the justice or judge shall apply the other general provisions of this code to the extent necessary to achieve the objectives of this chapter. |
| Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. |