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Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980
sec.105Contempt of tribunal
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### sec.105 Contempt of tribunal
A person shall not wilfully insult or disturb a tribunal, or interrupt the proceedings of a tribunal, or by writing or speech use words which are false or defamatory of a tribunal or otherwise commit any wilful contempt of a tribunal.
Maximum penalty—6 2 / 3 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
A tribunal has, in relation to a contravention of subsection (1) committed in the face of the tribunal, all the powers of a Magistrates Court under the Justices Act 1886 , section 40 .
s 105 amd 2005 No. 14 s 2 sch
(sec.105-ssec.1) A person shall not wilfully insult or disturb a tribunal, or interrupt the proceedings of a tribunal, or by writing or speech use words which are false or defamatory of a tribunal or otherwise commit any wilful contempt of a tribunal. Maximum penalty—6 2 / 3 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
(sec.105-ssec.2) A tribunal has, in relation to a contravention of subsection (1) committed in the face of the tribunal, all the powers of a Magistrates Court under the Justices Act 1886 , section 40 .