[Adopted 8-8-1980 by Ord. No. 880-1; amended
in its entirety 6-10-1983 by Ord. No. 683-2]
A.
A person shall be guilty of criminal contempt when
he engages in any of the following conduct:
(1)
Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior committed
during the sitting of the court in its immediate view and presence
and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or impair the respect
due its authorities;
(2)
Breach of the peace, noise or other disturbance directly
tending to interrupt the court's proceedings;
(3)
Intentional disobedience or resistance to the process
and junction or other mandate of the court;
(4)
Contumacious refusal to be sworn as a witness in the
court proceeding or, after being sworn, to answer any proper interrogatory;
(5)
Knowingly publishing a false or grossly inaccurate
report of a court's proceeding; or
(6)
Intentional failure to appear personally on the required
date, having been released from custody, with or without bail, by
court order or by other lawful authority, upon condition that he will
subsequently appear personally in connection with a criminal action
or proceeding.
B.
Any person who commits any act prohibited by Subsection A of this section may, at the discretion of the court, be convicted and sentenced for that offense, without further criminal proceedings, during or immediately after the termination of the proceeding in which the act constituting criminal contempt occurred.
Any person who disobeys, refuses to obey or
resists any lawful writ, process, order or rule of the Court of the
Alderman of the city shall be deemed guilty of civil contempt and,
upon conviction thereof, may be imprisoned not more than 10 days or
fined not more than $75, or both, and shall pay the costs of prosecution.
