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Rule 4 In the event that the General Magistrate adjudicates a party in contempt

Canon IX. . Review Of Orders And Judgments

and orders him or her imprisoned for a period of not more than seventy-two hours, a justice or judge of the court to which the General Magistrate is assigned shall review such order within twenty-four hours of its entry and may in his or her discretion extend the period of incarceration for a period not exceeding a total of six months imprisonment.