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HIGH COURT RULES 2004 - RULE 11.04

Punishment

11.04.1     Where an alleged contemnor is found guilty of contempt of Court the Court or Justice may order:

  (a)   where the contemnor is a natural person, that the contemnor pay a fine, be committed to prison, or both pay a fine and be committed to prison; or

  (b)   where the contemnor is a body corporate, that the contemnor pay a fine, that some or all of the property of the contemnor be sequestrated or that both the contemnor pay a fine and some or all of the property of the contemnor be sequestrated.

11.04.2     Where a contemnor is ordered to pay a fine the Court or Justice may order:

  (a)   where the contemnor is a natural person, that the contemnor be imprisoned or further imprisoned until the fine is paid; or

  (b)   where the contemnor is a body corporate, that if the fine is not paid in accordance with the order, some or all of the property of the contemnor be sequestrated.

11.04.3     An order committing a contemnor to prison shall specify the prison to which the contemnor is to be committed.

11.04.4     Where an order has been made that a contemnor be committed to prison, the Court or Justice may order that the contemnor be discharged notwithstanding that the term of imprisonment fixed by the order has not expired.



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