Connecticut § 52-468 Commitment for contempt; application for discharge.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 52-468 — Commitment for contempt; application for discharge.

Connecticut § 52-468

Title 52Civil Actions

Ch. 915Habeas Corpus

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-468 (2026).

Text

The court may commit to prison, for any contempt of which the respondent has been guilty in this proceeding, for a period not exceeding sixty days; and the respondent may, at any time within such time of imprisonment, appear before the court which made the order of commitment, and apply for a discharge from imprisonment, which the court may, for sufficient cause shown, direct.

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Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 8204; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 48; P.A. 78-280, S. 111, 127.) History: 1967 act substituted “when the court is not sitting” for “in vacation”; P.A. 78-280 removed judges from purview of section and deleted distinctions re procedure depending on whether court is in or out of session, reflecting fact that court now sits continuously. Commitment under statute may clearly not be for more than 60 days, and respondent may apply for discharge upon purging himself of contempt or for other sufficient cause. 111 C. 252.