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Act 523 of 1980
32.1048 Military court; contempt power; punishment.
Sec. 48.
A military court may punish for contempt a person subject to this code who wilfully and unlawfully refuses to be sworn or to affirm as a witness or who refuses to answer a legal or proper question or who uses a menacing word, sign, or gesture in the court's presence, or who disturbs the court proceedings by riot or disorder. The punishment for contempt in a summary court-martial proceeding shall be imprisonment for not more than 25 days, or a fine of not more than $25.00, or both. The punishment for contempt in any other military court shall be imprisonment for not more than 100 days, or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.
History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
