.280 Court may bring criminal action for libel or slander -- Punish resistance to judicial order.
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432.280 Court may bring criminal action for libel or slander -- Punish resistance to
judicial order.
Nothing in KRS 432.230 to 432.270 shall prevent any court or judge from proceeding
against any person writing or publishing a libel or slanderous words concerning such
court or judge in relation to his judicial conduct in court by indictment, nor prevent any
court from punishing any person guilty of a contempt in resisting or disobeying any
judicial order or process issued by or under the authority of such court.
Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 1299.