(10 ILCS 5/29-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-16)
Sec. 29-16.
Contempt - Removal from office.
Any person who is an officer of the Court pursuant to any provisions of
this Code who does any act prohibited by, or fails to do any act required
by, any provision of this Code may be punished for contempt by the Court in
a summary proceeding and removed from office. Any person who violates any
court order entered under any provision of this Code with actual knowledge
of the existence and substance of such order may be punished for contempt
by the appropriate court. Such punishment for contempt and removal from
office shall not bar prosecution and punishment for any criminal offense
committed.
(Source: P.A. 78-887.)
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