Version Superseded: 06/04/2011
Point in time view as at 25/03/2002. This version of this provision has been superseded.
County Courts Act 1984, Section 118 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 29 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)If any person—
(a)wilfully insults the judge of a county court, or any juror or witness, or any officer of the court during his sitting or attendance in court, or in going to or returning from the court; or
(b)wilfully interupts the proceedings of a county court or otherwise misbehaves in court;
any officer of the court, with or without the assistance of any other person, may, by order of the judge, take the offender into custody and detain him until the rising of the court, and the judge may, if he thinks fit,—
(i)make an order committing the offender for a specified period not exceeding one month to . . . F1prison . . . F1; or
(ii)impose upon the offender, for every offence, a fine of an amount not exceeding [F2£2, 500] or may both make such an order and impose such a fine.
(2)The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.
[F3(3)A district judge, assistant district judge, or deputy district judge shall have the same powers under this section in relation to proceedings before him as a judge.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
F2Words in s. 118(1) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 17(3), Sch. 4 Pt. I (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2
F3S. 118(3) added (1.7.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 74(6); S.I. 1991/1364, art. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 118 modified (14.10.1991) by S.I. 1991/1247, r. 7.2(4)
C2Power to amend s. 118(1) conferred (1.10.1992) by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), s. 143(3), Sch. 6A (as substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 17(3), Sch. 4 Pt. IV (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2)
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