The sittings of every court of this state must be public, and every citizen may freely attend the same, except that on the trial of cases of a scandalous or obscene nature the presiding judge or justice may exclude therefrom all persons not necessarily present as parties or witnesses.
N.D. Cent. Code § 27-01-02
Sittings of courts public - When public may be excluded
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