If on a warrant issued under Section 813 or 817 the defendant is brought before a magistrate other than the one who issued the warrant, the complaint on which the warrant was issued must be sent to that magistrate, or if it cannot be procured, a new complaint may be filed before that magistrate.
Cal. Penal Code § 826
The Warrant of Arrest
Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 563, Sec. 3
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