Section 112 — Residential Tenancies Act 1986: Contempt

112 Contempt (1) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 who— (a) Wilfully assaults, insults, or obstructs a Tenancy Adjudicator, or any witness or any officer of the Tribunal during a sitting of the Tribunal or while a Tenancy Adjudicator, a witness, or an officer of the Tribunal is going to, or returning from, a sitting of the Tribunal; or (b) Wilfully assaults, insults, or obstructs any person in attendance at a sitting of the Tribunal; or (c) Wilfully interrupts, or otherwise misbehaves at, a sitting of a Tribunal; or (d) Wilfully and without lawful excuse disobeys any order or direction of the Tribunal (other than an order mentioned in section 78 or section 108(2) of this Act) in the course of any hearing of any proceedings. (2) A Tenancy Adjudicator may order the exclusion from a sitting of the Tribunal of any person whose behaviour, in the opinion of the Tenancy Adjudicator, constitutes an offence against subsection (1) of this section, whether or not such person is charged with the offence; and any Registrar, or other officer under a Registrar's control, or constable may take such steps as are reasonably necessary to enforce such exclusion. (3) Notwithstanding anything in section 93 of this Act, where any party to the proceedings is removed under this section the proceedings may be continued in the absence of that party. Section 112 was substituted, as from 1 May 1996, by section 44 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 7).