Act Number: 27

Act Name: The Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act, 1992

Year: 1992

Enactment Date: 1992-08-18

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of a Special Court for the trial of offences relating to transactions in securities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 11A: Power to punish for contempt.
    1[11A. Power to punish for contempt.--The Special Court shall have, and exercise, the same jurisdiction, powers and authority in respect of contempt of itself as a High Court has and may exercise and, for this purpose, the provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (70 of 1971), shall have effect subject to the modifications that--
         (a) the references therein to a High Court shall be construed as including a reference to such Special Court;
         (b) the references to the Advocate-General in section 15 of the said Act, shall be construed, in relation to the Special Court, as a reference to the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General or the Additional Solicitor-General.]
Notes:
1 Ins. by s. 5, ibid. (w. e. f. 25-1-1994).
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