Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [‎122r] (248/1220)

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31 The following Acts, namely: —
The Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act, i856( a )
The Evidence by Commission Act, i859( b )
The Evidence by Commission Act, i 885( c )
nr so much thereof as is for the time being in force, shall extend
to Egypt, with the adaptation following, namely: —
In the said Acts the Court is substituted for a Supreme
Court in a Colony.
32 . The following Acts, namely: —
The British Law Ascertainment Act, 1859( d )
The Foreign Law Ascertainment Act, 1861 ( e )
or so much thereof as is for the time being in force, shall extend
to Egypt, with the adaptation following, namely: —
In the said Acts the Court is substituted for a Superior
Court in a Colony.
33. —(x) Any person who: —
(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
(b) within or close to the room or place where the Court
is sitting wilfully misbehaves 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 person
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 Court or a matter pend
ing therein which, if done in relation to the High
Court in England, would be punishable as a contempt
of that Court;
shall be guilty of contempt of Court, and the Court, if it thinks
fit, 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 or trial, may adjudge him to be punished with
a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or with imprisonment not
exceeding three days, at the discretion of the Court.
(2) Minutes shall be made and kept of every such case ot
punishment, recording the facts of the offence and the extent of
the punishment. . £ ^ r-
(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.
(a) 19 & 20 Viet. c. 113. (b) 22 Viet. c. 20. (c) 48 & 49 Viet. c. 74.
(d) 22 & 23 Viet. c. 63. (e) 24 & 25 Viet. c. it.