18 U.S.C. § 401 — Power of court
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 73 words · no verdicts yet
A U.S. court can punish contempt of its own authority — and nothing else — by fine, imprisonment, or both, at its discretion. This covers misbehavior in or near the court that obstructs justice, misbehavior by its own officers in official business, and disobedience of its lawful orders.
A court of the United States* has the power to punish contempt of its own authority — and only contempt of its own authority, nothing else. It may punish this by a fine, by imprisonment, or by both, at the court's discretion. This power covers three kinds of contempt:
(1) Misbehavior by any person in the court's presence, or close enough to it, that it obstructs the administration of justice.
(2) Misbehavior by any of the court's own officers while conducting official business.
(3) Disobeying or resisting the court's lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command.
A court of the United States* shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment, or both, at its discretion, such contempt of its authority, and none other, as—
Misbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice;
Misbehavior of any of its officers in their official transactions;
Disobedience or resistance to its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 701; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title III, § 3002(a)(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1805.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 701
- 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1805
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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