Offences by civilians in court martial

Where in Belize any person other than a person subject (a) having been duly summoned to attend as a witness before a court martial, fails to comply with the summons; (b) refuses to swear an oath when duly required by a court martial to do so; (c) refuses to produce any document in his custody or under his control which a court martial has lawfully required him to produce; 57 (d) when a witness refuses to answer any question which a court martial has lawfully required him to answer; or (e) willfully insults any person, being a member of a court martial or a witness or any other person whose duty it is to attend on or before the court, while that person is acting as a member thereof or is so attending, or willfully insults any such person while that person is going to or returning from the proceedings of the court; (f) willfully interrupts the proceedings of a court martial or otherwise misbehaves before the court; or (g) does any other thing which would, if the court martial had been a court of law having power to commit for contempt, have been contempt of that court, the president of the court martial may certify the offence of that person under his or her hand to any court of law having power to commit for contempt, and that court of law shall thereupon inquire into the alleged offence and after hearing any witnesses who may be produced against or on behalf of the person charged with the offence and after hearing any statement that may be offered in defence may punish or take steps for the punishment of that person in like manner as if he or she had been guilty of contempt of the court to which the offence is certified.