LAND COURT ACT 2000 - SECT 9
Contempt and contravention of orders
LAND COURT ACT 2000 - SECT 9
Contempt and contravention of orders
9 Contempt and contravention of orders
(1) A person is in contempt of the Land Court if the person—
(a) without
lawful excuse, fails to comply with an order of the court, (other than an
order mentioned in paragraph (e) ) or an undertaking given to the court; or
(b) wilfully insults a member, a judicial registrar, the registrar, a bailiff
or other court officer during the person’s sitting or attendance in court,
or in going to or returning from the court; or
(c) wilfully interrupts the
proceedings of the court or otherwise misbehaves himself or herself in court;
or
(d) unlawfully obstructs or assaults someone in attendance in court; or
(e) without lawful excuse, disobeys a lawful order or direction of the court
at the hearing of any proceeding; or
(f) commits any other contempt of the
court.
(2) A member has the same power to punish for a contempt mentioned in
subsection (1) as a Supreme Court judge has for contempt of the Supreme Court.
(3) If the contempt is in the face of the court, a bailiff or other court
officer acting under the court’s order may, using necessary and reasonable
help and force, take the person committing the contempt into custody and
detain the person until the court rises.
(4) Before the court rises, the
court may—
(a) ask the person to explain why the person should not be
punished; or
(b) adjourn the matter to be dealt with on a stated date.
(5)
If the court acts under subsection (4) (a) , the court may deal with the
person immediately.
