'File 18/56 I (B 70) The Trucial Coast Order in Council; File 18/51 I (B 70) The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910; File 18/131 I (B 70)The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council, 1927' [‎91v] (197/250)

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{tit) publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring any religion established
or observed within those dominions, or its cremonies, mode of worship, or observances,
into hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and thereby to provoke a breach of the public peace ;
he shall, on conviction thereof before the Supreme Court or a Provincial Court, be liable
to imprisonment not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or
without a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to a fine alone not exceeding one
hundred pounds. ,
(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Order, every charge under this Article shall
be heard and determined by the Court alone, without jury or Assessors, and any Pro
vincial Court shall have power to impose the punishment aforesaid.
(3) Consular officers shall take such precautionary measures as seem to them proper
and expedient for the prevention of such offences.
78.—(1) If any person, subject to the criminal jurisdiction of a Court does any of the
following things, namely : —
{a) wilfully, by act or threat, obstructs an officer of, or person executing any
process of, the Court, in the performance of his duty ; or
(6) within or close to the room or place where the Court is sitting wilfully misbe
haves in a violent, threatening or disrespectful manner, to the disturbance of the Court,
or to the intimidation of suitors or others resorting thereto ; or
(c) wilfully insults any member of the Court, or any Assessor or juror, or any per
son acting as a clerk or officer of the Court, during his sitting or attendance in Court, or
in his going to or returning from Court; or
(d) does any act in relation to the Supreme Court or a Provincial Court or a matter
pending therein which, if done in relation to the High Court in England would be punish
able as a contempt of that Court;
he shall be guilty, in the case of the Supreme Court or a Provincial Court, of a grave
offence, and in the case of a Local Court of an offence, against this Order ;
Provided that the Supreme Court or a Provincial Court, if it thinks fit, instead of
directing proceedings as for an offence against this Order, may order the offender to be
apprehended forthwith, with or without warrant, and on inquiry and consideration, and
after the hearing of any defence which such person may offer, without further process of
trial, may adjudge him to be punished with a fine not exceeding ten pounds, or with im
prisonment not exceeding twenty-four hours, at the discretion of the Court.
(2) A Minute shall be made and kept of every such case of punishment, recording the
facts of the offence and the extent of the punishment. In the case of a Provincial Court,
a copy of the Minute shall be forthwith sent to the Supreme Court, and in the case of a
Local Court, to the Provincial Court.
(3) Nothing herein shall interfere with the power of the Court to remove or exclude
persons who interrupt or obstruct the proceedings of the Court.
79.—(1) If an officer, of the Court employed to execute an order loses by neglect or
omission the opportunity of executing it, then, on complaint of the person aggrieved, and
proof of the fact alleged, the Court may, if it thinks fit, order the officer to pay the damages
sustained by the person complaining, or part thereof.
(2) The order shall be enforced as an order directing payment of money.
80.— (1) If a clerk or officer of the Court, acting under pretence of the process or
authority of the Court, is charged with extortion, or with not paying over money duly
levied or with other misconduct, the Court, if it thinks fit, may inquire into the charge in a
summary way, and may for that purpose summon and enforce the attendance of all necessary
persons, as in an action, and may make such order for the repayment of any money
extorted, or for the payment over of any money levied, and for the payment of such
damages and costs as the Court thinks fit.
(2) The Court may also, if it thinks fit, on the same inquiry, impose on the clerk or
officer such fine, not exceeding ten pounds for each offence, as the Court thinks fit.
(3) A clerk or officer punished under this Article shall not be liable to an action in
respect of the same matter ; and any such action, if begun, shall be stayed by the Court in
such manner and on such terms as the Court thinks fit.
Deportation.
81.—(1) Where it is proved that there is reasonable ground to apprehend that a British
subject is about to commit a breach of the public peace, or that the acts or conduct of a
British subject are or is likely to produce or excite to a breach of the public peace, the
Court may, if it thinks fit, cause him to be brought before it and require him to give
security to the satisfaction of the Court to keep the peace, or for his future good behaviour,
as the case may require.
(2) Where a British subject is convicted of an offence before the Court, or before a
Court in the sentence of which one of His Majesty's Consular officers concurs, the Court