To amend the District of Columbia Code to limit the length of time for which an individual may be incarcerated for civil contempt in the courts of the District of Columbia and to provide for expedited appeal procedures to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for individuals found in civil contempt.

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Amends the District of Columbia Code to set an 18-month limit on the term of imprisonment which may be imposed for contempt of court. Requires the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to hear an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia holding an individual in contempt and imposing imprisonment on such individual within 60 days after such individual requests such appeal.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 May 1989

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