No female shall be arrested on original writ in any action founded on contract.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 597; G.L. 1909, ch. 302, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 352, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 560, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-10-4.