21.040. Members of either house may be punished for contempt. - Missouri Statutes

Members of either house may be punished for contempt.

21.040. Any member of either house who is guilty ofdisorderly behavior in the presence of a joint meeting may bepunished by the house of which he is a member, in the same manneras if the offense were committed in the presence of the house.

(RSMo 1939 § 12881, A.L. 1957 p. 595)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11256; 1919 § 7139; 1909 § 8135

CROSS REFERENCE:

Powers of general assembly, Const. Art. III § 18