---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptI/ch21"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 21"
heading: "Contempts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptI-ch21"
sections_count: 3
---

# Chapter 21 — Contempts

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part I — Crimes

## Sections

- [§401. Power of court](/usc/18/401.md)
- [§402. Contempts constituting crimes](/usc/18/402.md)
- [§403. Protection of the privacy of child victims and child witnesses](/usc/18/403.md)