Sec. 22-9. - Power to impose fine and imprisonment.

(a)

In addition to the authority to impose fines otherwise permitted by state law or the ordinances of the Town of Hopkinton, the Municipal Court may impose a sentence not to exceed thirty (30) days in jail and impose a fine not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00), or both, and shall be empowered to punish persons for contempt.

(b)

The municipal court shall also have the power to authorize and execute search warrants to the extent that the same could be authorized and executed by a justice of the district court.

(Ch. 203, § 1, 10-15-07)