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