CHAPTER 117
FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 111
AS AMENDED BY
SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMINAL CONTEMPT OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDER.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE :
Section 1. Amend the section heading of §1271A of Title 11 of the Delaware Code by adding “; class F felony” between “class A misdemeanor” and the period ending the section heading.
Section 2. Amend §1271A(b) of Title 11 of the Delaware Code by inserting after “class A misdemeanor” therein “, unless any of the elements set forth in subsection (c) of this section are met, in which case the offense shall be a class F felony”.
Section 3. Amend §1271A of Title 11 of the Delaware Code by inserting a new subsection as follows:
“(c) A person is guilty of felony criminal contempt of a domestic violence protective order if:
(1) Such contempt resulted in physical injury; or
(2) Such contempt involved the use or threatened use of a deadly weapon.”
Section 4. Further Amend §1271A of Title 11 of the Delaware Code by redesignating current subsections (c) and (d) thereof as (d) and (e) respectively.