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
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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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