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