2017 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits
Part V - Boards, Administrations, and Services
Chapter 72 - United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Subchapter II - Procedure
Sec. 7265 - Contempt authority; assistance to the Court

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Citation 38 U.S.C. § 7265 (2017)
Section Name §7265. Contempt authority; assistance to the Court
Section Text

(a) The Court shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment such contempt of its authority as—

(1) misbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice;

(2) misbehavior of any of its officers in their official transactions; or

(3) disobedience or resistance to its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command.


(b) The Court shall have such assistance in the carrying out of its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command as is available to a court of the United States. The United States marshal for a district in which the Court is sitting shall, if requested by the chief judge of the Court, attend any session of the Court in that district.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 100–687, div. A, title III, §301(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4116, §4065; renumbered §7265, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, §402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 4065 of this title as this section.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS
PART V - BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
CHAPTER 72 - UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
SUBCHAPTER II - PROCEDURE
Sec. 7265 - Contempt authority; assistance to the Court
Contains section 7265
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 102 Stat. 4116
105 Stat. 238
Public Law References Public Law 100-687, Public Law 102-40
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