18 USC 401 - Power of court

U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 29, 2024

§ 401.

Power of court

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—

(1)

Misbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice;

(2)

Misbehavior of any of its officers in their official transactions;

(3)

Disobedience or resistance to its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command.

(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.)

cite as: 18 USC 401