Part I Constitution and Administration

Miscellaneous provisions as to officers

C114 Penalty for assaulting officers.

1

If any person assaults an officer of F2the county court while in the execution of his duty, he shall be liable—

a

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both; or

b

on an order made by the F4court in that behalf, to be committed for a specified period not exceeding 3 months to . . . F1prison . . . F1or to such a fine as aforesaid, or to be so committed and to such a fine,

and F3an officer of the court may take the offender into custody, with or without warrant, and bring him before the F4court.

2

The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.

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