Clause 8

Where any contempt is committed in the face of a subordinate court, the court may, at any time before rising on the same day, take cognizance of the offence, record the facts constituting the offence and the statement, if any, made by the offender and sentence the offender to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or to both such imprisonment and fine:Provided that the court may, in its discretion, discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his making an apology to the satisfaction of the court:And provided further that in any case where the contempt is punishable as an offence under section 175, 178, 179, 180 or 228 of the Penal Code (Cap. 119), the court may in lieu of taking cognizance of the offence authorise a prosecution.