Article 204: Contempt of Court

(1) In this Article, “Court” means the [Federal Constitutional Court or the] Supreme Court or a High Court. (2) A Court shall have power to punish any person who— (a) abuses, interferes with or obstructs the process of the Court in any way or disobeys any order of the Court; (b) scandalizes the Court or otherwise does anything which tends to bring the Court or a Judge of the Court into hatred, ridicule or contempt; (c) does anything which tends to prejudice the determination of a matter pending before the Court; or (d) does any other thing which, by law, constitutes contempt of the Court. (3) The exercise of the power conferred on a Court by this Article may be regulated by law and, subject to law, by rules made by the Court.]

Effective date: 1973-08-14

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