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338 PDFTitle:SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 257 of 1999
Section:35AHeading:Insulting behaviourVersion Date:19/10/1999

(1) If any person, in a hearing of proceedings in the tribunal-

        (a) uses a threatening or insulting expression to or concerning or in the presence of the adjudicator; or
        (b) behaves in an insulting manner or wilfully interrupts the hearing of proceedings,
the adjudicator may summarily sentence the person to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that section 50 of the High Court Ordinance (Cap 4) applies in the case of any exercise by the adjudicator of his power under subsection (1).
(Added 28 of 1999 s. 14)