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Section 118: Power to commit for contempt.

County Courts Act 1984 · 1984 c. 28View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VII: Committals

If any person—

wilfully insults a judge of the county court , or any juror or witness, or any officer of the court during his sitting or attendance in court, or in going to or returning from the court; or
wilfully interupts the proceedings of the county court or otherwise misbehaves in court;

any officer of the court, with or without the assistance of any other person, may, by order of the judge, take the offender into custody and detain him until the rising of the court, and the judge may, if he thinks fit,—

A judge of the county court may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.

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