                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                          CHAPTER 21--CONTEMPTS
 
Sec. 401. Power of court

    A court of the United States shall have power to punish by fine or 
imprisonment, at its discretion, such contempt of its authority, and 
none other, as--
        (1) Misbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto 
    as to obstruct the administration of justice;
        (2) Misbehavior of any of its officers in their official 
    transactions;
        (3) Disobedience or resistance to its lawful writ, process, 
    order, rule, decree, or command.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 701.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on section 385 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code 
and Judiciary (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 268, 36 Stat. 1163).
    Said section 385 conferred two powers. The first part authorizing 
courts of the United States to impose and administer oaths will remain 
in title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code and Judiciary. The second 
part relating to contempt of court constitutes this section.
    Changes in phraseology and arrangement were made.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3148 of this title.
