Section TCT.05.21 — Contempt Of Court

(a) Any person or persons found guilty of any of the following acts shall be adjudged to be in contempt of Court and shall be punished as the Court may direct.

(1) Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior toward a judge or interrupt the due course of a trial or other judicial proceedings.

(2) Breach of the peace, boisterous conduct or creation of a disturbance in the presence of a judge or in the immediate vicinity of the Court held by him which tends to interrupt the due course of a trial or other judicial proceedings.

(3) Disobedience of any order or judgment of the Court or refusal to be sworn or to answer as a witness.

(b) When a contempt is committed in the immediate view and presence of the judge it may be punished summarily. To that end an order must be made reciting the facts as they occurred and adjudging that the person proceeded against is thereby guilty of the contempt and that he be punished as therein prescribed.

(c) When a contempt is not committed in the immediate view and presence of the judge, a warrant of arrest may be issued by a judge upon the Court's own motion or the motion of another based on proof sufficient enough to indicate contempt of court may have been committed. The person who is charged may be forthwith arrested and brought before the judge at which time the accused must be given an opportunity to be heard in his defense or excuse his action or actions. The judge may thereupon convict him or dismiss the charge.