Incidental powers of courts.
Section 11
SEC. 11. Incidental powers of courts. — Every court shall have power: 1. To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence; 2. To enforce order in proceedings before it, or before a person or persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority; 3. To compel obedience to its judgments, orders, and process, and to the lawful orders of a judge out of court, in an action or proceeding pending therein; 4. To control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its ministerial officers, and of all other persons in any manner connected with a judicial proceeding before it, in every matter appertaining thereto; 5. To compel the attendance of persons to testify in an action or proceeding pending therein; 6. To administer or cause to be administered oaths in an action or proceeding pending therein, and in all other cases where it may be necessary in the exercise of its powers; 7. To amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conformable to law and justice.