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14 V.I.C. § 581 Power of court to punish for contempt
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(1) Every court of the Virgin Islands shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment, at its discretion, such contempt of its authority, and none other as—(1) misbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice;(2) misbeha…
14 V.I.C. § 582 Contempts constituting crimes
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(a) Whoever willfully disobeys any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command of any court of the Virgin Islands by doing any act therein, or thereby forbidden, if the act or thing done be of such character as to constitute also a criminal offense under any statute of t…
14 V.I.C. § 582a Contempt constituting the crime of domestic violence
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(1) Whoever willfully disobeys any lawful order issued pursuant to section 97(b)(2) or section 98 of Title 16 is guilty of a crime. (2) If the order disobeyed was issued where the judge determined that a deadly weapon was used or displayed by the defendant, the sentence must be n…
14 V.I.C. § 583 Jury trial of contempts constituting crimes
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Whenever a contempt is charged under section 582 of this title, and the criminal offense referred to in subsection (a) of such section is one in the trial of which the accused would be entitled by existing law to a trial by jury, and such contempt is prosecuted in the District Co…
