Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
345.Procedure in certain cases of contempt.-
(1) When any such offence as is described in
section 175, section n178, section 179, section 180 or section 228 of the
Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) is committed in the view or presence of any
Civil, Criminal or Revenue Court, the Court may cause the offender to be
detained in custody and may, at any time before the rising of the Court on the
same day, take cognizance of the offence and, after giving the offender a
reasonable opportunity of showing cause why he should not be punished under
this section, sentence the offender to fine not exceeding two hundred rupees,
and, in default of payment of fine, to simple imprisonment for a term which may
extend to one month, unless such fine be sooner paid.
(2) In every such case the Court shall record the facts constituting the
offence, with the statement (if any) made by the offender, as well as the
finding and sentence.
(3) If the offence is under section 228 of the Indian Penal Code, (45 of 1860)
the record shall show the nature and stage of the judicial proceeding in which
the Court interrupted or insulted was sitting, and the nature of the
interruption or insult.