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2015 SESSION
15100439DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 18.2-457 and 18.2-458 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-457. Fine and imprisonment by court limited unless jury impaneled.
A. No
court shall, without a jury, for any such contempt as is mentioned in the first
class embraced in § 18.2-456, impose a fine exceeding $250 or imprison more
than ten 10
days; but in any such case the court may, without an indictment, information or
any formal pleading, impanel a jury to ascertain the fine or imprisonment
proper to be inflicted and may give judgment according to the verdict.
B. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall be imprisoned for more than 30 days for any civil contempt of court.
§ 18.2-458. Power of judge of district court to punish for contempt.
A. A
judge of a district court shall have the same power and jurisdiction as a judge
of a circuit court to punish summarily for contempt, but in no case shall the
fine exceed $250, or the imprisonment exceed ten 10 days, for the same
contempt.
B. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall be imprisoned for more than 30 days for any civil contempt of court.