§660-3 Issuable by whom. The supreme court, the justices thereof, and the circuit courts may issue writs of habeas corpus in cases in which persons are unlawfully restrained of their liberty; provided that persons committed or detained by order of the family court or under chapter 334 may, and if the jurisdiction of the family court is exclusive, shall, prosecute their applications in the family court. [L 1870, c 32, §32; am L 1893-4, c 75, §1; am L 1903, c 79, §3; RL 1925, §2727; RL 1935, §4312; RL 1945, §10353; RL 1955, §239-3; HRS §660-3; am L 1972, c 90, §5(a