Section 12: Contempt of Conciliation Courts. A person shall be guilty of contempt of a Conciliation — Conciliation Courts Ordinance, 1961

Partly in force — federal text; provincial/ICT scope varies (see notes) — Source: Pakistan Code (single official PDF, 2026-08-21). Whether this provision is still in force has not been independently verified.

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12. Contempt of Conciliation Courts. A person shall be guilty of contempt of a Conciliation Court if he, without lawful excuse, — (a) offers any insult to the Conciliation Court or any member thereof while the Court is functioning as such ; or (b) causes any interruption in the work of the Conciliation Court ; or (c) fails to produce or deliver a document when ordered by the Conciliation Court to do so ; or (d) refuses to answer any question of the Conciliation Court which he is bound to answer; or (e) refuses to take oath to state the truth or to sign any statement made by him when required by the Conciliation Court to do so ; and the Conciliation Court may, without any complaint having been made to it, forthwith try such person for such contempt and sentence him to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees.

Effective date: 1961-01-01

Related sections

Section 11: Power of Conciliation Courts to summon witnesses, etc Section 13: Recovery of fine Section 10: Procedure on failure of conciliation. Where a certificate is issued that conciliation has Section 14: Limitation, etc., in certain cases. Where a case relating to a matter falling under Section B of Section 9: Enforcement of decree Section 15: Procedure

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