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6.070 Contempt or breach of privilege, punishment for.

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6.070 Contempt or breach of privilege, punishment for. Either house of the General Assembly may punish anyone by fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both, for a
breach of privilege, or for any contempt except the offenses described in KRS 6.080,
which shall be punished as provided in KRS 6.080 to 6.131. Contempts and breaches of
privilege shall be inquired into first by a special committee, before which the accused
shall have the right to be heard by himself and counsel, and have compulsory process to
procure the attendance of his witnesses. The committee shall report all matters of fact
specially, with its opinion, for the final action of the house. Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1982.

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