s 43 Contempt of tribunal
43.—(1) Any person who —(a) assaults, wilfully insults or obstructs a tribunal magistrate or any witness or officer of a tribunal during a sitting of a tribunal or while the tribunal magistrate, witness or officer is on his or her way to or from such a sitting; (b) assaults or wilfully insults or obstructs any person in attendance at a sitting of a tribunal; (c) wilfully interrupts or otherwise misbehaves at a sitting of a tribunal; or (d) without lawful excuse, disobeys any order or direction of a tribunal (not being an order mentioned in section 35) during a sitting of the tribunal, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months. [33/2018] (2) A tribunal may by oral order exclude from a sitting of the tribunal any person whose behaviour in the opinion of the tribunal constitutes an offence under subsection (1) whether or not such person is charged with the offence.[33/2018] (3) The Registrar or officer under the Registrar’s control or any police officer may take such steps as are reasonably necessary to enforce such exclusion.