(a) Any person who fails to respond to or comply with any subpoena or process issued by Council or any authorized Committee of Council properly served upon them shall be held in contempt of Council or such Committee and, upon a finding by Council, shall be imprisoned in the City jail for not more than sixty days, or, in the event that the contempt lies in a refusal to testify or produce documents, papers, until the contempt is purged.
(b) Council, after it has ordered the imprisonment, shall have the power to order the release of any person either at such time as it is satisfied that the contempt has been purged or for good cause shown.
(c) It shall be prima-facie evidence that a subpoena or process has been properly served if the same shows a return thereon evidencing personal service upon the person or persons named therein by the person serving the same.
(Ord. 44-74. Passed 3-26-74.)