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Contempt of Court Act 2019

Provisions to promote and facilitate administration of justice - Enforcement of certain court orders

18: Provisions relating to fines and orders

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"Rules about how fines and orders are handled in court"

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If the court fines you under section 16, the court can decide that some of the fine money goes to certain people. The court chooses who gets the money from a list in section 16(2)(a) to (c). This means you might not have to pay the whole fine to the court.

If someone asks the court for a sequestration order under section 16 and they file the application in a court that is not the High Court, the court can send the application to the High Court. The High Court will then deal with enforcing the order. This helps make sure the order is enforced properly.

Section 16 does not stop the court from making other decisions in your case, like ordering you to pay costs or stopping the proceedings for a while. The court can still make these kinds of decisions if it needs to. This means the court has the power to make other orders that are available in your case.

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Part 2Provisions to promote and facilitate administration of justice
Enforcement of certain court orders

18Provisions relating to fines and orders

  1. If the court fines a person under section 16, the court may direct that a portion of the fine be paid to 1 or more of the persons referred to in section 16(2)(a) to (c).

  2. If the remedy sought under section 16 is a sequestration order and the application is filed in a court other than the High Court, the court may transfer the application to the High Court for enforcement action.

  3. Section 16 does not limit a court’s power to make other orders that are available in the proceedings before it (for example, an order for costs or a stay of proceedings).