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If you fail to bring such person before this court, or if such person fails to appear at this court with reasonable diligence, any violation of the foregoing provision of this order, shall constitute, and be evidence of, to the contrary and shall be sufficient basis for the granting of a warrant authorizing the arrest of this person at reasonable times and for the bringing of such person before the Court. You hereby command, inform, and instruct, that such warrant shall be executed forthwith in order to give prompt notice thereof at any place within the District of Columbia to a person who is known to you for the purpose of informing such person of the date, time, and place of such arrest. If such a person, within four days of such notice, fails to appear at the place specified in your order, this order shall be deemed to have been disobeyed and shall be effective as an arrest warrant, and such arrest warrant shall be issued without unnecessary delay. You further command that, upon the execution of such warrant and such arrest under the terms thereof, such person shall immediately be brought before the Court. You further command that the Court shall retain such person in custody until the time of the hearing to be held on the merits of such warrant. Furthermore, you further command that the Court should permit to enter the record the sworn statement of such person and the names and addresses of the person's parent or guardian, or if a minor, a guardian, of such person, and that the Court should, if requested, make such minor personally appear at the hearing to explain the reasons for such minor's absence. All costs and expenses of such arrest and detention shall be apportioned in accordance with section 2 of the Civil Service Rule No. 14, or, if applicable, as provided in the applicable Federal law, between you and the officer making the arrest and the Department of Justice. The Court shall conduct such hearing by telephone in accordance with Section 6 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. You further command that you be represented by counsel or other person of your choosing and that a written report, including any reasons therefor or other testimony which may be taken in your behalf, shall be served on you within fourteen (14) days of the time of such warrant and arrest. Any failure to execute any such order or to obey any such order of the Court shall be a contempt thereof and shall render such person in default guilty to a fine in an amount to be fixed by the Court in a sum to be determined by the Court.