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Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
sec.42Arrest pending warrant in certain cases
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### sec.42 Arrest pending warrant in certain cases
A person who commits a contempt by creating or joining in any disturbance in the Assembly or before a committee or in the Assembly’s or a committee’s vicinity while it is sitting that may interrupt its proceedings may be apprehended without warrant on the Speaker’s order, oral or written.
The person may be kept in the custody of an officer of the Assembly until the person is dealt with by the Assembly under section 39 .
(sec.42-ssec.1) A person who commits a contempt by creating or joining in any disturbance in the Assembly or before a committee or in the Assembly’s or a committee’s vicinity while it is sitting that may interrupt its proceedings may be apprehended without warrant on the Speaker’s order, oral or written.
(sec.42-ssec.2) The person may be kept in the custody of an officer of the Assembly until the person is dealt with by the Assembly under section 39 .