23A-38-1.(Rule 42(a)) Summary punishment of contempt in presence of court--Contents and signature of order--Maximum punishment.
Criminal contempt may be punished summarily if a judge or magistrate judge certifies that he saw or heard the conduct constituting the contempt and that it was committed in the actual presence of the court. An order of contempt shall recite the facts and shall be signed by the judge or magistrate judge and entered of record. Contempt prosecuted under this section shall be punishable by imprisonment of not more than thirty days in the county jail or a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or both.
Source: SL 1978, ch 178, §472; SL 1979, ch 159, §27.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 23A - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 38 - (Rule 42) Contempt
Section 23A-38-3 - Order to witness before grand jury to show cause against contempt.
Section 23A-38-4 - Notice of hearing on contempt by grand jury witness.
Section 23A-38-5 - Order holding grand jury witness in contempt.
Section 23A-38-6 - Counsel for indigent defendants in contempt cases.
Section 23A-38-7 - Bail pending appeal from order of confinement--Expeditious disposition of appeal.
Section 23A-38-8 - Place of confinement of person held in contempt.