Title XL, Crimes and Punishments

Any person who signs any name to a petition, memorial or remonstrance intended for presentation to the General Assembly, a county judge/executive or the Governor, without authority from the person whose name is signed or where there is no such person, shall be fined not less than…

Witnesses, jurors and officers of courts, for disobeying a summons of court, or neglecting to execute or make due return of a subpoena or order of court or other judicial officer, may be punished for contempt.

No court or judge shall proceed by process of contempt or impose a fine against any person who animadverts upon or examines into the proceedings or conduct of such court or judge, by words spoken or writing published, not in the presence of the court or judge in the courthouse du…

(1) Upon a capias or other original process against a person charged with a contempt, the court awarding it shall direct in what penalty the accused shall give bond, with good surety, for his appearance at the time and place named in the process, which order shall be endorsed on …

A person committed to prison for contempt shall not be admitted to bail.

judicial order. Nothing in KRS 432.230 to 432.270 shall prevent any court or judge from proceeding against any person writing or publishing a libel or slanderous words concerning such court or judge in relation to his judicial conduct in court by indictment, nor prevent any court…

In all trials by jury arising under KRS 432.230 to 432.280, the truth of the matter may be given in evidence.

Any member of the General Assembly or any other executive, judicial, ministerial or legislative officer of this state or of any county or city, including members of boards of education and subdistrict trustees, who takes or agrees to take any bribe to do or omit to do any act in …

prisoners. (1) Any person having custody of a person charged with a public offense shall summon to his aid as many of the able-bodied male citizens of his county between the ages of twenty-one (21) and fifty (50) years as may be necessary for the protection of the person in his c…

Immunity. In any prosecution under KRS 432.510, no witness shall be excused from testifying on the ground that his testimony may incriminate himself. But, no such testimony shall be used against him in any prosecution except for perjury, and he shall be discharged from all liabil…

No person shall, except with the consent of the General Assembly or of the Governor when the General Assembly is not in session, bring or cause to be brought into this state any armed person, not a citizen of this state, to preserve the peace, suppress domestic violence or to ser…

police messages -- Penalty -- Enforcement. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person except a member of a police department or police force or an official with written authorization from the head of a department which regularly maintains a police radio system authorized or licensed…

Whoever willfully sells, trades, barters, gives away or makes, or assists in making any unauthorized disposition of any food commodity donated under any program of the state or federal government, or shall withhold or threaten to withhold from or offer to provide the commodities …