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Abolition of scandalising the judiciary as form of contempt of courtN.I.

Abolition of scandalising the judiciary as form of contempt of courtN.I.

12—(1) Scandalising the judiciary (also referred to as scandalising the court or scandalising judges) is abolished as a form of contempt of court under the common law.

(2) That abolition does not prevent proceedings for contempt of court being brought against a person for conduct that immediately before that abolition would have constituted both scandalising the judiciary and some other form of contempt of court.