New York § 4 Contempts of either house

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§ 4 — Contempts of either house

New York § 4

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  § 4. Contempts of either house. Each house may punish by imprisonment\nnot extending beyond the same session of the legislature, as for a\ncontempt, for the following offenses only:\n  1. Arresting a member or officer of either house in violation of his\nprivilege from arrest;\n  2. Disorderly conduct of its members, officers or others in the\nimmediate view and presence of the house, tending to interrupt its\nproceedings;\n  3. The publication of a false and malicious report of its proceedings,\nor of the conduct of a member in his legislative capacity;\n  4. Giving or offering a bribe to a member, or attempting, by menace or\nother corrupt means, directly or indirectly, to influence a member in\ngiving or withholding his vote, or in not attending meetings of the\nhouse of which he is a

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§ 4. Contempts of either house. Each house may punish by imprisonment\nnot extending beyond the same session of the legislature, as for a\ncontempt, for the following offenses only:\n 1. Arresting a member or officer of either house in violation of his\nprivilege from arrest;\n 2. Disorderly conduct of its members, officers or others in the\nimmediate view and presence of the house, tending to interrupt its\nproceedings;\n 3. The publication of a false and malicious report of its proceedings,\nor of the conduct of a member in his legislative capacity;\n 4. Giving or offering a bribe to a member, or attempting, by menace or\nother corrupt means, directly or indirectly, to influence a member in\ngiving or withholding his vote, or in not attending meetings of the\nhouse of which he is a member;\n 5. Neglect to attend or to be examined as a witness before the house\nor committee thereof, or upon reasonable notice to produce any material\nbooks, papers, or documents, when duly required to give testimony or to\nproduce such books, papers or documents in a legislative proceeding,\ninquiry or investigation.\n