Arkansas Statutes
§ 16-10-108 — Contempt
Arkansas·Title 16
(a)Every court of record shall have power to punish, as for criminal contempt, persons guilty of the following acts and no others:
(1)Disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior committed during the court's sitting, in its immediate view and presence, and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or to impair the respect due to its authority;
(2)Any breach of the peace, noise, or disturbance directly tending to interrupt its proceedings;
(3)Willful disobedience of any process or order lawfully issued or made by it;
(4)Resistance willfully offered by any person to the lawful order or process of the court; and (5) The contumacious and unlawful refusal of any person to be sworn as a witness and when so sworn a similar refusal to answer any legal and proper interrogatory.
(b)(1) P
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Legislative History
Rev. Stat., ch. 43, §§ 37-42; C. & M. Dig., §§ 1484-1489; Pope's Dig., §§ 1784-1789; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 34-901 -- 34-906; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 410.
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