Charge of contempt, hearing of
34 Charge of contempt, hearing of
At the hearing of a charge of contempt lodged by the Attorney General —
the Court must be constituted by a magistrate; and
the Court must not be constituted so as to include any Court officer in whose presence or in respect of whom the alleged contempt was committed; and
a certificate by —
the magistrate or JP who was constituting the Court when, or in respect of whom, the alleged contempt was committed; or
the registrar in whose presence, or in respect of whom, the alleged contempt was committed; or
the Chief Magistrate,
setting out the details of the act or omission that constitute the alleged contempt is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, evidence of its contents; and
any transcript of the proceedings in which the alleged contempt was committed is admissible.
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