A military court may punish for contempt any person who uses any menacing words, sign or gesture in its presence, or who disturbs its proceedings by any riot or disorder. Punishment may not exceed confinement for thirty (30) days or a fine of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00), or both, provided that punishment of civilians by civilian courts for such contempt shall not be prohibited hereby.
Miss. Code Ann. § 33-13-325
Contempts
Known as the Mississippi Code
The act spans §§ 33–33 (136 sections).
Codes, 1942, § 8529-49; Laws, 1966, ch. 538, § 49; Laws, 1981, ch. 362, § 51; Laws, 2017, ch. 354, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 2017.
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