Contempt powers of judge
21(1)A judge may punish for contempt persons guilty of the following acts:
(a)
insolent behaviour towards the judge while engaged in any judicial proceedings;
(b)
any breach of the peace, or disturbance tending to obstruct the official proceedings of the judge;
(b.1)
wilful refusal by a witness to bring before the judge any writing or other thing of which the witness has possession or control; or
(c)
wilful refusal by a witness, at a trial before the judge, to testify.
21(2)The punishment for any such contempt may be by
(a)
removal of the offender from the court room,
(b)
imprisonment of the offender in a correctional institution for a period not exceeding eight days, or
(c)
the imposition of a fine of an amount not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars.
21(3)The judge imposing such punishment shall make a record thereof.
21(4)A fine imposed under paragraph (1)(
c) may be recovered under the
Provincial Offences Procedure Act.
1969, c.17, s.21; 1987, c.45, s.20; 1990, c.22, s.42