{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s401","title_num":"18","num":"§ 401.","heading":"Power of court","status":null,"guid":"idbbcd4394-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 701; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title III, § 3002(a)(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1805.)","seq_in_title":146,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch21","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch21","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 21—","heading":"CONTEMPTS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id745f11c8-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s401\"><num value=\"401\">§ 401.</num><heading> Power of court</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">A court of the United States shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment, or both, at its discretion, such contempt of its authority, and none other, as—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id745f11c9-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s401/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> Misbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id745f11ca-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s401/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> Misbehavior of any of its officers in their official transactions;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id745f11cb-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s401/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> Disobedience or resistance to its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id746182cc-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645\">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/701\">62 Stat. 701</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/107/273/dB/tIII/s3002/a/1\">Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title III, § 3002(a)(1)</ref>, <date date=\"2002-11-02\">Nov. 2, 2002</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/116/1805\">116 Stat. 1805</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id746182cd-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id746182ce-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Based on <ref href=\"/us/usc/t28/s385\">section 385 of title 28</ref>, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and Judiciary (<ref href=\"/us/act/1911-03-03/ch231/s268\">Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 268</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/36/1163\">36 Stat. 1163</ref>).</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Said section 385 conferred two powers. The first part authorizing courts of the United States to impose and administer oaths will remain in title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and Judiciary. The second part relating to contempt of court constitutes this section.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Changes in phraseology and arrangement were made.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id746182cf-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id746182d0-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2002—<ref href=\"/us/pl/107/273\">Pub. L. 107–273</ref> inserted “or both,” after “fine or imprisonment,” in introductory provisions.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}