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PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE 1063-1822.60›TITLE 5. OF CONTEMPTS 1209-1222

§ 1217

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

When the person arrested has been brought up or appeared, the court or judge must proceed to investigate the charge, and must hear any answer which the person arrested may make to the same, and may examine witnesses for or against him, for which an adjournment may be had from time to time if necessary.

(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1737.)

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