Criminal Procedure Code · s 328

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s 328Summary procedure for offences committed in Court

Where any such offence as is described in section 175, 178, 179,

180 or 228 of the Penal Code (Chapter 22) is committed in the view or presence of any Court of a Magistrate whether civil or criminal, the Court may cause the offender to be detained in custody, and at any time before the rising of the Court on the same day the Court may, if it thinks fit, take cognisance of the offence and sentence the offender to imprisonment for

Transferred from the Minister of Law to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, with effect from 26th July 1983 -

a 14 days or to a fine of $400, and in default of payment to imprisonment for one month.