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Coroners Act 1997
99AContempt of Coroner’s Court
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99A Contempt of Coroner’s Court
(1) A person is in contempt of the Coroner’s Court if the person—
(a) contravenes an order of the court or an undertaking given to the
court; or
(b) commits a contempt in the face or in the hearing of the court; or
(c) commits any other contempt of court.
Examples—par (b)
1 insulting a coroner, the registrar or deputy registrar of the court, or any other
court officer during the officer’s sitting or attendance in court
2 interrupting a proceeding of the court or misbehaving in court
3 obstructing or assaulting someone in attendance in court
4 disobeying a direction of the court at the hearing of a proceeding
(2) The Coroner’s Court has the same power to deal with contempt of the
Coroner’s Court as the Supreme Court has to deal with contempt of
the Supreme Court.
(3) However, a contempt mentioned in subsection (1) (a) may be dealt
with as a contempt of court only if there is no other effective way to
enforce the order or undertaking.
(4) To remove any doubt, this section does not limit the Supreme Court’s
power to deal with contempt of the Coroner’s Court.