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Code · North Dakota · Title 27 · Chapter 27-01 — General Provisions

27-01-02. Sittings of courts public - When public may be excluded.

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The sittings of every court of this state must be public, and every citizen may freely attend the same, except that on the trial of cases of a scandalous or obscene nature the presiding judge or justice may exclude therefrom all persons not necessarily present as parties or witnesses.
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