HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-055-10 - Prohibition on Obstructing Justice, Resisting Arrest, or Resisting an OfficerBILL N0. h ~ ~~ ~
ORDTNANCE NO. S ~'/ d
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING RESISTING OR OBSTRUCTING PROCESS,
RESISTING ARREST, RESISTING AN OFFICER AND PROVIDTNG CRIMINAL
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
RTVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. If any person or persons shall knowingly or willingly
obstruct, resist or oppose any police officer of-the City of
Riverside, Missouri, in the service or execution or in the attempt
to serve pr execute any writ, warrant or process, original or
judicial or in the discharge of any official duty whether civil
pr criminal or in the attempt to serve any order or rule of court,
.every person so pffending shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty
of a misdemeanor.
Section 2. Upon conviction the offendex may be assigned in prison
by a term of not less than 6 months or by a fine of not more than
$100.00 or by both fine and imprisonment.
1971.
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