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Code · Iowa · Chapter 2 — General Assembly

2.22 Punishment — effect.

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1. Imprisonment for contempt shall not extend beyond the session at which it is ordered, and shall be in a facility designated by the presiding officer.
2. Punishment for contempt shall not constitute a bar to any other proceeding, civil or criminal, for the same act.
[C51, §13, 15; R60, §9, 11; C73, §16; C97, §20; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §27; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §2.28; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.22]
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