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2021 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 3 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE
TITLE 5 - OF CONTEMPTS
Section 1217.
Universal Citation: CA Civ Pro Code § 1217 (2021)
1217.
When the person arrested has been brought up or appeared, the court or judge must proceed to investigate the charge, and must hear any answer which the person arrested may make to the same, and may examine witnesses for or against him, for which an adjournment may be had from time to time if necessary.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1737.)
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