Chap. 194.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3768 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended by an act approved February 26, 1898, which is chapter 513 of the
acts of 1897-1898.

Approved March 15, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-seven hundred and sixty-eight of the Code of Virginia, as amended
by an act approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight, which is chapter five hundred-and thirteen of the acts of eighteen
hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be
amended and re-enacted) so as to read as follows:

§ 3768. Cases in which courts and judges may punish summarily for
contempt.—The courts and judges may issue attachments for contempt,
and punish them summarily, only in the cases following:

First. Misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as
to obstruct or interrupt the administration of justice.

Second. Violence, or threats of violence, to a judge or officer of the
court, or to a juror, witness, or party going to, attending, or returning
from the court, for or in respect of any act or proceeding had or to be
had in such court.

Third. Obscene, contemptuous, or insulting language addressed to a
judge for or in respect of any act, or proceeding had, or to be had, in such
court, or like language used: in his presence and intended for his hearing,
for or in respect of such act or proceeding.

Fourth. Misbehavior of an officer of the court in his official character.

Fifth. Disobedience or resistance of an officer of the court, juror, wit-
ness, or other person to any lawful process, judgment, decree, or order of
the said court.