COUNTY COURTS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1980

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COUNTY COURTS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1980 - SECT 55



55.(1) If any person

(a)wilfully insults or acts contumaciously towards the judge of a county
court, or a circuit registrar, or any witness, or any officer of the court
during his sitting or attendance in court, or in going to or returning from
the court; or

(b)wilfully interrupts the proceedings of a county court or otherwise
misbehaves in court;

(2) Where by virtue of any provision of this Order a person is guilty of
contempt of court, any officer of the court or constable, with or without the
assistance of any other person, may by order of the judge take the offender
into custody and detain him until the rising of the court, and the judge may,
if he thinks fit, impose on the offender a fine not exceeding #50 in respect
of every offence, and in addition or alternatively may by warrant under his
hand commit the offender to prison for any period not exceeding one month.

(3) Any act which under paragraph (1) is a contempt of court shall be a
contempt of court if committed during the hearing of or in relation to any
proceedings heard or to be heard by a judge in chambers or a circuit registrar
or by an officer (whether under county court rules or by direction of the
judge) and, subject to county court rules, that paragraph shall have effect
accordingly.

(4) Without prejudice to the powers conferred on county courts by [Article 107
of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] or any other
statutory provision, a county court shall have the like powers and authorities
as the High Court with respect to the enforcement of any decree which, if it
were made in any proceedings in the High Court, could be enforced in that
court by committal.

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COUNTY COURTS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1980 - SECT 55