The courts and the judges thereof may issue attachment for contempt and punish them summarily only in the following cases:
No person shall appear in Municipal Court and;
(a) Misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct or interrupt the administration of justice;
(b) Violence or threats of violence to a judge or officer of the court, or to a juror, witness, or party going to, attending, or returning from the court, for or in respect of any act or proceeding had, or to be had, in such court;
(c) Misbehavior of an officer of the court in his official character;
(d) Disobedience to or resistance of any officer of the court, juror, witness, or other person, to any lawful process, judgment, decree, or order of the said court.
No court shall, without a jury, for any such contempt as is mentioned in Section 504.02, impose a fine exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), or imprison more than ten (10) days. No court shall impose a fine for contempt, unless the defendant to present in court, or shall have been served with a rule of the court to show cause, on some certain day, and shall have failed to appear and show cause.
(Ord. 2023-07. Passed 9-5-23.)