Judiciary Law 4 — Legislation

Legislation Search OpenLegislation Statutes Search Term Search icon Search previous SECTION 3 Use of term "court" prohibited up ARTICLE 2 General Provisions Relating to Courts and Judges next SECTION 4-A Certain powers of the courts regarding civil arrests Viewing most recent revision (from 2024-09-06) View historical revision as of: -- Choose a Date -- 2024-09-06 2024-02-02 2019-01-25 2014-09-22 Share Facebook Email SECTION 4 Sittings of courts to be public Judiciary (JUD) CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE 2 § 4. Sittings of courts to be public. The sittings of every court within this state shall be public, and every citizen may freely attend the same, except that in all proceedings and trials in cases for divorce, seduction, rape, assault with intent to commit rape, bastardy, filiation, or a crime formerly defined in sections 130.50, 130.45, and 130.40 of the penal law, the court may, in its discretion, exclude therefrom all persons who are not directly interested therein, excepting jurors, witnesses, and officers of the court.