Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Repeal and re-enactment of section 12
Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Definition of contempt
12. Any person who —
(a)
offers any act of disrespect or any insult or threat to the Commissioners or any of them while sitting in Commission;
(b)
offers any act of disrespect or any insult or threat to a Commissioner at any other time and place on account of his proceedings in his capacity as a Commissioner; or
(c)
being required by the Commissioners to give evidence on oath or affirmation or to produce a document or other thing, refuses to do so,shall be guilty of contempt.”.