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TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS
CHAPTER 1. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS GENERALLY
Part 5. Contempts
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Mont. Code Ann. § 3-1-520

Penalty to compel performance

When the sanction imposed for a contempt seeks to compel the contemnor to perform an act that is in the power of the contemnor to perform, the contemnor may be incarcerated, subjected to a fine in an amount not to exceed $500, or both, until the contemnor has performed the act. The act must be specified in the warrant of commitment.

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History:
En. Sec. 400, p. 126, Bannack Stat.
Re-en. Sec. 464, p. 227, L. 1867
Re-en. Sec. 540, p. 146, Cod. Stat. 1871
Re-en. Sec. 574, p. 188, L. 1877
Re-en. Sec. 574, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879
Re-en. Sec. 592, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887
Re-en. Sec. 2180, C. Civ. Proc. 1895
Re-en. Sec. 7319, Rev. C. 1907
Re-en. Sec. 9918, R.C.M. 1921
Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1219
Re-en. Sec. 9918, R.C.M. 1935
R.C.M. 1947, 93-9811
Amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 496, L. 2001 (HB 208 - Harris, Christopher (D) HD 30)
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