Section 2327. Houses of prostitution; injunction; scope; violation  


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  • 1. When
      an  injunction  has  been  granted  pursuant  to  the provisions of this
      article, it shall be binding on each defendant throughout the state, and
      any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  injunction  or   temporary
      restraining  order  herein provided, shall be a contempt and punished as
      hereinafter provided.
        2. In case  of  a  violation  of  any  injunction  granted  under  the
      provisions  of this article, or of a restraining order or the commission
      of any contempt of court in proceedings under this article the court, or
      in vacation a judge thereof, may summarily try and punish the offender.
        3. The contempt proceedings shall be  commenced  by  filing  with  the
      clerk  of the court a complaint under oath, setting out and alleging the
      facts constituting such violation, upon which the court or  judge  shall
      cause  a  warrant to issue, under which the defendant shall be arrested.
      The trial may be had upon affidavits, or either  party  may  demand  the
      production and oral examination of the witnesses.