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Section 6-5-154 - Violations constituting contempt; proceedings thereon.

AL Code § 6-5-154 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) In case of the violation of any injunction or closing order granted under the provisions of this division or of any restraining order or the commission of any contempt of court in proceedings under this division, the court or the judge thereof may try and punish the offender. The proceedings shall be commenced by filing with the register or clerk of the court a complaint under oath setting out and alleging facts constituting such violation, upon which the court or judge shall cause a warrant to issue, under which the defendant shall be arrested; he may be released on bond, pending the hearing, to be fixed by the judge. The trial may be had upon affidavits or either party may demand the production and oral examination of witnesses.

(b) A party found guilty of contempt under the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $200, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than one nor more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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Section 6-5-154 - Violations constituting contempt; proceedings thereon.