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[F1PART 37E+WAPPLICATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO CONTEMPT OF COURT

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CHAPTER 4E+WCommittal for interference with the due administration of justice

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37.13.(1) This Chapter regulates committal applications in relation to interference with the due administration of justice in connection with family proceedings, except where the contempt is committed in the face of the court or consists of disobedience to an order of the court or a breach of an undertaking to the court.

(2) A committal application under this Chapter may not be made without the permission of the court.

(The procedure for applying for permission to make a committal application is set out in rule 37.15.)

(Rules 37.16(3) and (4) make provision for cases in which both this Chapter and Chapter 5 (Committal for making a false statement of truth) may be relevant.)]