Section 114 — Human Rights Act 1993: Power to commit for contempt

114 Power to commit for contempt (1) If any person— (a) Assaults, threatens, or intimidates, or intentionally insults, the Tribunal or any member of it or any special adviser to or officer of the Tribunal, during a sitting of the Tribunal, or in going to, or returning from, any sitting; or (b) Intentionally interrupts the proceedings of the Tribunal or otherwise misbehaves while the Tribunal is sitting; or (c) Intentionally and without lawful excuse disobeys an order or direction of a member of the Tribunal in the course of any proceedings before the Tribunal,— any officer of the Tribunal, with or without the assistance of any member of the Police or other person, may, in accordance with any order given by a member of the Tribunal, take the person into custody and detain him or her for a period expiring not later than 1 hour following the rising of the Tribunal, and the Chairperson may, if he or she thinks fit, by warrant under his or her hand, commit the person to prison for any period not exceeding 10 days or impose a fine not exceeding $1,500. (2) A warrant under subsection (1) of this section may be filed in any District Court and shall then be enforceable as an order made by that Court.