Part VII · The Judicature · General Provisions Relating to the Judicature

Contempt of Court

Article 204

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English · authoritative

¹[(1)

In this Article, “Court” means the ²[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.]

Urdu · official translation (2018)

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