2.22  Punishment--effect.

Imprisonment for contempt shall not extend beyond the session at which it is ordered, and shall be in a facility designated by the presiding officer.

Punishment for contempt shall not constitute a bar to any other proceeding, civil or criminal, for the same act.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 13, 15; R60, § 9, 11; C73, § 16; C97, § 20; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 27; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 2.28; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 2.22]


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