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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The several circuit courts shall have power:
(1) To make and issue all orders and writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their original or appellate jurisdiction;
(2) To administer oaths;
(3) To compel the attendance of parties and witnesses from any part of the State, and compel the production of books, papers, documents or tangible things;
(4) To admit to bail persons rightfully confined in all bailable cases, or to dispense with bail as provided by the state constitution;
(5) To issue warrants for the apprehension, in any part of the State, of any person accused under oath of a crime or misdemeanor committed in any part of the State and to examine and commit the person to prison according to law, for trial before the circuit court of the circuit in which the offense was committed, to fix bail and generally to perform the duties of a committing magistrate;
(6) To make and award such judgments, decrees, orders, and mandates, issue such executions and other processes, and do such other acts and take such other steps as may be necessary to carry into full effect the powers which are or shall be given to them by law or for the promotion of justice in matters pending before them.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 4. Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 603-21.9 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-4-courts-and-judicial-proceedings/hi-rev-st-sect-603-21-9/
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