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62.3.—(1) A person who wants the court to exercise its power to punish the respondent for contempt of court must—
(a)apply in writing and serve the application on the court officer; and
(b)serve on the respondent—
(i)the application, and
(ii)notice of where and when the court will hear the application (not less than 14 days after service).
(2) The application must—
(a)identify the respondent;
(b)explain that it is an application for the respondent to be punished for contempt of court;
(c)contain such particulars of the conduct constituting contempt of court as to make clear what the applicant alleges against the respondent; and
(d)include a notice warning the respondent that the court—
(i)can impose imprisonment, or a fine, or both, for contempt of court, and
(ii)may deal with the application in the respondent’s absence, if the respondent does not attend the hearing of the application.
[Note. The Practice Direction sets out a form of application for use in connection with this rule.
The rules in Part 4 require that an application under this rule must be served by handing it to the person accused of contempt of court.]
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