Any district judge who is present when any offense accompanied with violence is committed, may, without any other proof, order the offender to be arrested, and compel the offender to give security in the manner above directed, to refrain from the exercise of any illegal force.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 804-37
Offense in presence of district judge
PC 1869, c 47, §6; RL 1925, §4002; RL 1935, §5456; RL 1945, §10756; RL 1955, §256-36; HRS §709-37; am L 1970, c 188, §39; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1985
Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.