Sec. 52-468. Commitment for contempt; application for discharge.
Sec. 52-468. Commitment for contempt; application for discharge. The court
may commit to prison, for any contempt of which the respondent has been guilty in this
proceeding, for a period not exceeding sixty days; and the respondent may, at any time
within such time of imprisonment, appear before the court which made the order of
commitment, and apply for a discharge from imprisonment, which the court may, for
sufficient cause shown, direct.
(1949 Rev., S. 8204; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 48; P.A. 78-280, S. 111, 127.)
History: 1967 act substituted "when the court is not sitting" for "in vacation"; P.A. 78-280 removed judges from purview
of section and deleted distinctions re procedure depending on whether court is in or out of session, reflecting fact that court
now sits continuously.
Commitment under this statute may clearly not be for more than sixty days, and respondent may apply for discharge
upon purging himself of contempt or for other sufficient cause. 111 C. 252.