                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUNISHMENT FOR CONTEMPT (§ 12.1-34)

The Commission shall have the power to punish for contempt by fine not exceeding
$1,000 or by confinement not exceeding six months, or by both, any person duly
summoned to appear and testify before the Commission who fails or refuses to
appear and testify, without lawful excuse, or who refuses to answer any proper
question propounded to him by the Commission in the discharge of its duty or who
conducts himself in a rude, disrespectful, or disorderly manner before the
Commission or any of the commissioners deliberating in the discharge of duty in
public session. Any person punished for contempt by confinement may be committed
by the Commission to the jail of any city or county of this Commonwealth. The
jailer thereof shall receive the person upon the commitment of the Commission
attested by its clerk, and shall confine the person for the term of imprisonment
specified in the commitment. The jailer shall receive for the board of any
person so committed the same allowance made by law for other persons confined in
the jail.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 12-21; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157; 1991, c. 710.