Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to section 38, proceedings for punishment by the Assembly of contempt are to be taken in the way stated in the standing rules and orders.
(2) The Assembly may order a person found by it to have committed a contempt to pay a fine of an amount not more than an amount stated in the standing rules and orders.
(3) If a fine imposed on a person under subsection (2) is not paid within a reasonable time stated by the Assembly, the Assembly may order the person to be imprisoned as directed by it--
(a) until the fine is paid; or
(b) until the end of the session of the Assembly or a part of the session.
(4) For subsection (3), the Assembly may order a person to be imprisoned--
(a) in the custody of an officer of the Assembly; or
(b) under the Corrective Services Act 2006, section 6.