Any person who, in the presence of a judge, commits or threatens to commit an offense against the person or property of another or contends with another with angry words may be ordered, without process, to enter into an undertaking to keep the peace for a term not exceeding 12 months and, in event of refusal, may be committed as in other cases.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Chapter 6 - Peace Proceedings and Proceedings to Preserve Order.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 15-6-1 - Sheriff Principal Conservator of the Peace.
Section 15-6-2 - Judges Authorized to Require Persons to Give Security to Keep Peace.
Section 15-6-4 - Refusal, etc., of Municipal Official to Comply With Order of Governor.
Section 15-6-3 - Offense Committed or Threatened in Presence of Judge.