If any person conducts himself or herself in a disorderly manner in any town, representative district, or voting district meeting, the moderator may order that person to withdraw from the meeting; and, on the person’s refusal, may order the town sergeant, or any town constable present, or any other persons, to take him or her from the meeting and to confine him or her in some convenient place until the meeting is adjourned. The person refusing to withdraw shall, for each offense, be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-3-19
Disorderly conduct at meeting
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 425 F. Supp. 2d 225 - Carlow v. Mruk (2006)
Most recently applied in 425 F. Supp. 2d 225 - Carlow v. Mruk (March 2006)
G.L. 1896, ch. 38, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 48, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 49, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 331, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 45-3-19; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 37; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 37.
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