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Contempt of Court Act 1981

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17 Disobedience to certain orders of magistrates’ courts.E+W

(1)The powers of a magistrates’ court under subsection (3) of section 63 of the M1Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (punishment by fine or committal for disobeying an order to do anything other than the payment of money or to abstain from doing anything) may be exercised either of the court’s own motion or by order on complaint.

(2)In relation to the exercise of those powers the provisions of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 shall apply subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 3 to this Act.

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