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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

"SUBCHAPTER III.—MISCELLAXEOUS PROVISIONS "§ 11-941. Issuance of warrants; record "Subject to title 23, judges of the Superior Court may, at any time, ^°«'' P- 604. including Sundays and legal holidays, on complaint or application under oath or actual view, issue warrants for arrest, search or seizure, or electronic surveillance in connection with crimes and offenses committed within the District of Cohimbia, or for administrative inspections in connection with laws relating to the public health, safety, and welfare. Each proceeding respecting a warrant shall be recorded as prescribed by the court. Warrants shall be issued free of charge. "§ 11-942. Subpenas " (a) The Superior Court may compel the attendance of witnesses by attachment. At the request of any party, subpenas for attendance at a hearing or trial in the Superior Court shall be issued by the clerk of court. A subpena may be served at any place within the District of Columbia, or at any place without the District of Columbia that is within twenty-five miles of the place of the hearing or trial specified in the subpena. The form, issuance, and manner of service of the subpena shall be as prescribed by the rule of the court. "(b) A subpena in a criminal case in which a felony is charged may be served at any place within the United States upon order of a judge of the court. "(a) All process other than a subpena may be served at any place witlrn the District of Columbia, and, when authorized by statute or by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, at any place without the ^^ ^^^ ^PPDistrict of Columbia. "(b) Service upon a third-party defendant, upon a person whose joinder is needed for just adjudication, and upon persons required to respond to any order of commitment for civil contempt may be served at all places outside the District of Columbia that are not more than one hundred miles from the place of hearing or trial specified. "(c) The form, issuance, and manner of service of process shall be prescribed by rule of the court. "§11-944. Contempt power "In addition to the powers conferred by section 402 of title 18, United States Code, the Superior Court, or a judge thereof, may pun- ^2 Stat. 701. isli for disobedience of an order or for contempt committed in the presence of the court. "§ 11-945. Oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgments "Each judge and each employee of the Superior Court authorized by the chief judge may administer oaths and affirmations and take acknowledgments. «§ 11-946. Rules of court "The Superior Court shall conduct its business according to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (except as otherwise provided in title 23) unless it pre- ^^ "^^ ^PPscribes or adopts rules which modify those Rules. Rules which modify the Federal Rules shall be submitted for the approval of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and they shall not take effect until
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