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2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 21 General Assembly
Section 21.040 Members of either house may be punished for contempt.


MO Rev Stat § 21.040 (2012) What's This?

Members of either house may be punished for contempt.

21.040. Any member of either house who is guilty of disorderly behavior in the presence of a joint meeting may be punished by the house of which he is a member, in the same manner as if the offense were committed in the presence of the house.

(RSMo 1939 12881, A.L. 1957 p. 595)

Prior revisions: 1929 11256; 1919 7139; 1909 8135

CROSS REFERENCE:

Powers of general assembly, Const. Art. III 18

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