70AFailure to attend Supreme Court as required

70A Failure to attend Supreme Court as required (1) If a person duly bound by recognisance or served with a subpoena to attend as a witness in a proceeding before the Supreme Court fails to attend, or remain in attendance, before the Supreme Court as required by the recognisance or the subpoena, the court may issue its warrant directing that the person be arrested and brought before the court to give evidence in the proceeding. (2) If a person duly bound by a recognisance or served with a subpoena to attend as a witness in a proceeding before the Supreme Court appears or is brought before the Supreme Court, after having failed to attend or remain in attendance before the Supreme Court as required by the recognisance or the subpoena, the court may, if satisfied that the failure to attend was without just cause or reasonable excuse— (a) order the person to pay a fine not exceeding $5 000; or (b) order that the person be imprisoned for not longer than 6 months; or (c) make orders under both paragraph (a) and (b).