Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007
19. Power to punish
for contempt
1.
Any
person who is guilty of contempt of the Tribunal by using any insulting or
threatening language, or by causing any interruption or disturbance in the
proceedings of such Tribunal shall, on conviction, be liable to suffer
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years.
2.
For
the purposes of trying an offence under this section, the provisions of
sections 14, 15, 17, 18 and 20 of the Contempt of courts Act, 1971 (70 of 1971)
shall mutatis mutandis apply, as if a reference therein to-
a. Supreme Court or High
Court were a reference to the Tribunal;
b. Chief Justice were a
reference to the Chairperson;
c. Judge were a
reference to the Judicial or Administrative Member of the Tribunal;
d. Advocate-General were
a reference to the prosecutor; and
e. Court was a reference
to the Tribunal.