Montana § 3-1-111 Powers Respecting Conduct Of Business

Montana Statutes

§ 3-1-111 — Powers Respecting Conduct Of Business

Montana § 3-1-111

Title 3JUDICIARY, COURTS

Ch. 1COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS GENERALLY

Part 1Courts -- Definitions and General Powers

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Mont. Code Ann. § 3-1-111 (2026).

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3-1-111 . Powers respecting conduct of business. Every court has power to:

(1)preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence;

(2)enforce order in the proceedings before it or before a person or persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority;

(3)provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers;

(4)compel obedience to its judgments, orders, and process and to the orders of a judge out of court in an action or proceeding pending therein;

(5)control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its ministerial officers and of all other persons in any manner connected with a judicial proceeding before it in every other matter appertaining thereto;

(6)compel the attendance of persons to testify in an action or proceeding pending therein

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3-1-111 . Powers respecting conduct of business. Every court has power to:
(1) preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence;
(2) enforce order in the proceedings before it or before a person or persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority;
(3) provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers;
(4) compel obedience to its judgments, orders, and process and to the orders of a judge out of court in an action or proceeding pending therein;
(5) control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its ministerial officers and of all other persons in any manner connected with a judicial proceeding before it in every other matter appertaining thereto;
(6) compel the attendance of persons to testify in an action or proceeding pending therein in the cases and manner provided in this code;
(7) administer oaths in an action or proceeding pending therein and in all other cases where it may be necessary in the exercise of its powers and duties;
(8) amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conformable to law and justice.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 452, p. 134, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 609, p. 159, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 529, p. 178, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 529, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 546, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 110, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6292, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8844, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 128; re-en. Sec. 8844, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-501.