Constitution of the State of Georgia

Article III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH · Article III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH · Section IV. ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Art. III, Sec. IV, Para. VIII. Contempts, how punished.

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Each house may punish by imprisonment, not extending beyond the session, any person not a member who shall be guilty of a contempt by any disorderly behavior in its presence or who shall rescue or attempt to rescue any person arrested by order of either house.

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1976 Constitution.: Art. III, Sec. V, Para. XI.
Am. Jur. 2d.: 17 Am. Jur. 2d, Contempt, § 191 et seq.
C.J.S.: 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 111, 112.

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