Act No. 190 Section 239

Right of court who committed prisoner to release him.

Section 239

SEC. 239. Right of court who committed prisoner to release him. — When a person has been imprisoned for contempt, the court or judge who made the order may discharge him from imprisonment, when it shall be made to appear to the court or judge that the public interest will not suffer thereby.

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