Singapore legislation

Clause 40

Contempt of tribunal

(1)

Any person who —

(a)

assaults, wilfully insults or obstructs a Referee or any witness or officer of a tribunal during a sitting of a tribunal or while a Referee, witness or officer is on his way to or from such a sitting;

(b)

assaults or wilfully insults or obstructs any person in attendance at a sitting of a tribunal;

(c)

wilfully interrupts or otherwise misbehaves at a sitting of a tribunal; or

(d)

without lawful excuse disobeys any order or direction of a tribunal (not being an order referred to in section 32) during a sitting of the tribunal,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.

(2)

A tribunal may by oral order exclude from a sitting of the tribunal any person whose behaviour in the opinion of the Referee constitutes an offence under subsection (1) whether or not such person is charged with the offence, and the Registrar or officer under his control or any police officer may take such steps as are reasonably necessary to enforce such exclusion.

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