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- rule 5.11(6) rule 5.11(5) renumbered as rule 5.11(6) by S.I. 2024/842 rule 6(d)(iii)
- rule 34.2(6) inserted by S.I. 2024/842 rule 9(b)
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[F147.68.]—(1) This rule applies where a person is accused of disobeying an order made by the court under the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019.
(2) An applicant who wants the court to exercise its power to punish that person for contempt of court must comply with the rules in Part 48 (Contempt of court).
[Note. The Crown Court has power to punish for contempt of court a person who disobeys its order: see section 45 of the Senior Courts Act 1981. Under section 11(4) of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019, an order made by a judge under the Act has effect as if it were an order of the Crown Court.]
Textual Amendments
F1Rule 47.71 renumbered as rule 47.68 (8.2.2021) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/40), rules 2, 27(o) (with rule 3)
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