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Industrial Relations Act 1960 s 69

s 69 Offences in relation to Court

69.—(1) A person who —(a) creates a disturbance or takes part in creating or continuing a disturbance in or near any place in which a Court is sitting; (b) interrupts the proceedings of a Court; (c) wilfully insults or disturbs the president or a member constituting a Court when exercising powers or functions under this Act; or (d) by writing or speech uses words calculated —(i) to influence improperly the president or a member constituting a Court in the exercise of his powers and functions under this Act; or (ii) to bring a Court into disrepute, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a District Court to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. (2) A reference in subsection (1) to a Court or to the president shall be read as including a reference to a person authorised in accordance with section 66 to take evidence on behalf of a Court.

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