Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 4133 (2026)
Commitment or fine for contempt.
✓ current as of May 2026
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§ 4133. Commitment or fine for contempt.
Except as otherwise provided by statute, the punishment of commitment for contempt provided in section 4132 (relating to attachment and summary punishment for contempts) shall extend only to contempts committed in open court. All other contempts shall be punished by fine only.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)
1982 Amendment. Act 326 amended and renumbered section 4132 to section 4133 and renumbered former section 4133 to section 4134.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2023 · leading case: Commonwealth v. McMullen, 961 A.2d 842 (Pa. 2008).
Commonwealth v. McMullen, 961 A.2d 842 (Pa. 2008). “[2] Appellant initially claimed that his sentence violated 42 Pa.C.S. § 4133, Commitment or fine for contempt.”
In Re: Davis, B., Appeal of: Davis, B., 302 A.3d 166 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2023). “§ 4132, pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S. § 4133. Concise Statement, 9/8/2022, at 1-2.”
In the Interest of: E.O., a Minor, 195 A.3d 583 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2018). “" 42 Pa.C.S. § 4133 (emphasis added). Here, the trial court's order constituted a finding of criminal 7 contempt where the visitation order set forth specific conditions surrounding Father's visitation rights with Children, he allegedly violated these conditions by calling…”
Grubb v. Grubb, 473 A.2d 1060 (Pa. 1984). “*224 (3) The misbehavior of any person in the presence of the court thereby obstructing the administration of justice.”
Andrews v. Wingard, 249 F. Supp. 3d 806 (E.D. Pa. 2017). “§ 9754(d), which requires that a finding be made on the record that a violation has occurred prior to any sentence being imposed, and that the trial judge was without power to sentence him to imprisonment for contempt, because under 42 Pa. C.S. § 4133, the judge could only have…”
Commonwealth ex rel. Roth v. Kozakiewicz, 485 A.2d 843 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1984). “Similarly, 42 Pa. C. S. §4133 and §4136, also cited by the defendant, are inapplicable because they expressly deal with criminal contempts and not with the civil contempt sanction here involved.”
In the Interest of: E.O., a Minor (Pa. Super. Ct. 2018). “Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 4133, except as otherwise provided by statute, “the punishment of commitment for contempt provided in section 4132 .”
K.S., Formerly K.L. v. J.L., Appeal of: J.L. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2018). “” 42 Pa.C.S. § 4133 (“Except as otherwise provided by statute, the punishment of commitment for contempt provided in section 4132 (relating to attachment and summary punishment for contempts) shall extend only to contempts committed in open court.”
Com. v. Garofalo, S. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2019). “See 42 Pa.C.S. § 4133; see also In the Interest of E.”
Delaware Cnty. Repub. Exec. Comm. v. Bd. of Elections ~ Appeal of: G. Stenstrom & L. Hoopes (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2021). “”); Section 4133 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa. C.S. §4133 (“Except as otherwise provided by statute, the punishment of commitment for contempt provided in [S]ection 4132 (relating to attachment and summary punishment for contempts) shall extend only to contempts committed in open…”
Sinaiko v. Sinaiko, 23 Pa. D. & C.4th 86 (1995). “” Title 42 Pa.C.S. §4133 provides as follows: “Except as otherwise provided by statute, the punishment of commitment for contempt provided for in section 4132 shall extend only to contempts committed in open court.”
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