Punishment for contempt of the court

(1) Every person who– (a) wilfully insults a magistrate; or (b) wilfully interrupts the proceedings of any court; or (c) otherwise misbehaves himself in any court, may, on an oral order of the magistrate, be removed, by force, if necessary, from the court and may further be detained in the nearest lock-up or place of detention for a time, not later than the rising of the court on the same day, as the magistrate may think fit. (2) That person may, whether or not so removed and detained as aforesaid, be summarily ordered by the magistrate to pay, either forthwith or within a specified time, a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars and, in default of payment, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two months, unless sooner discharged by the magistrate. (3) A judge may, on an application made in a summary manner, order the total or partial remission, or the repayment, of any fine so inflicted, or the release of the person forthwith, or at any time before the expiration of his sentence, if he is satisfied that the applicant was not guilty of the alleged 22 misconduct or that the punishment awarded for it was excessive. Practice and Procedure of the Courts.