Section 31-2-101 Courts-martial for members of National Guard - Punishment of persons disrupting proceedings, etc. - Alabama Statutes

Section 31-2-101

Courts-martial for members of National Guard - Punishment of persons disrupting proceedings, etc.

Any person who shall be guilty of disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior, or use any insulting or contemptuous or indecorous language or expression to or before any military court or member of any such court, in open court, intending to interrupt the proceedings or to impair the authority of such court, may be committed to the jail of the county in which said court shall sit by warrant under the hand of the president of such court. The warrant shall be directed to any lawful officer of the State of Alabama, and shall briefly state the offense adjudged to have been committed and shall command the officer to whom it is directed to take the body of such person and commit him to the jail of the county, there to remain without bail in close confinement for a period of time as set out in this section. The punishment imposed by the court shall not exceed five days' confinement and a fine of $50.00 for a general court-martial, three days' confinement and a fine of $50.00 for a special court-martial and one day's confinement and a fine of not more than $50.00 for a summary court-martial. Such officer shall obey such warrant and keep the person committed thereby until the expiration of the time mentioned in the warrant or until the offender shall be discharged by due course of law, unless sooner discharged by a judge of a court of record in the same manner and under the same rules as in cases of imprisonment under process of contempt from a civil court of record.

(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §137; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §102.)