C11Part II Civil Jurisdiction and Procedure
Orders other than for payment of money
63 Orders other than for payment of money.
C1C101
Where under any Act passed after 31st December 1879 a magistrates’ court has power to require the doing of anything other than the payment of money, or to prohibit the doing of anything, any order of the court for the purpose of exercising that power may contain such provisions for the manner in which anything is to be done, for the time within which anything is to be done, or during which anything is not to be done, and generally for giving effect to the order, as the court thinks fit.
C2C3C4C5C102
The court may by order made on complaint suspend or rescind any such order as aforesaid.
C6C7C8C10C123
Where any person disobeys an order of a magistrates’ court made under an Act passed after 31st December 1879 to do anything other than the payment of money or to abstain from doing anything the court may—
a
order him to pay a sum not exceeding £50 for every day during which he is in default or a sum not exceeding F1£5,000; or
b
commit him to custody until he has remedied his default or for a period not exceeding 2 months;
but a person who is ordered to pay a sum for every day during which he is in default or who is committed to custody until he has remedied his default shall not by virtue of this section be ordered to pay more than £1,000 or be committed for more than 2 months in all for doing or abstaining from doing the same thing contrary to the order (without prejudice to the operation of this section in relation to any subsequent default).
C9C104
Any sum ordered to be paid under subsection (3) above shall for the purposes of this Act be treated as adjudged to be paid by a conviction of a magistrates’ court.
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The preceding provisions of this section shall not apply to any order for the enforcement of which provision is made by any other enactment.
Pt. 2 applied in part (4.5.2021) by S.I. 1981/552, rule 60A (as inserted by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/459), rules 1(1), 2(2))