Clause 33

being duly summoned or ordered to attend as a witness before a court-martial, makes default in attending;

refuses to take an oath or make a solemn declaration legally required by a court-martial to be taken or made;

refuses to produce any document in his power or control legally required by a court-martial to be produced by him;

refuses when a witness to answer any question to which a court-martial may legally require an answer; or

is guilty of contempt of a court-martial by using insulting or threatening language, or by causing any interruption or disturbance in proceedings of such court,shall, on conviction by a court-martial, other than the court in relation to or before whom the offence was committed, be liable, if an officer, to be cashiered, or to suffer such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned, and if a soldier, for a term not exceeding two years, to suffer imprisonment, or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned:Provided that where a person subject to military law is guilty of contempt of a court-martial by using insulting or threatening language, or by causing any interruption or disturbance in the proceedings of such court, that court if they think it expedient, instead of the offender being tried by another court-martial, may by order under the hand of the president, order the offender to be imprisoned, or, in the case of a soldier, to undergo detention for a period not exceeding twenty-one days.