Pub. L. 83-85, tit. IV, sec. 410
contempt of the municipal court
contempt of the municipal court Sec. 410. (a) Section 5 (c) of the Act of April 1, 1942, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 11–756 (c)), is amended by inserting before “to punish” the following: “in any case or proceeding, whether civil or criminal,”. (b) The first sentence of section 48 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 11–606), is amended by striking out “; to punish contempts by fine not exceeding twenty dollars and imprisonment for not more than forty-eight hours, or either, and” and inserting in lieu thereof a comma.