Act No. 190 Section 237

Imprisonment until order obeyed.

Section 237

SEC. 237. Imprisonment until order obeyed. — When the contempt consists of the omission to do an act, which is yet in the power of the accused to perform, he may be imprisoned until he performs it.

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