CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
345. Procedure in certain cases of contempt
384. Procedure in certain cases of contempt
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
345. Procedure in certain cases of contempt.—(1) When any such offence as is described in section 175,
section 178, section 179, section 180 or section 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) is committed in the view
or presence of any Civil, Criminal, or Revenue Court, the Court may cause the offender to be detained in custody,
and may, at any time before the rising of the Court or the same day, take cognizance of the offence and, after giving
the offender a reasonable opportunity of showing cause why he should not be punished under this section, sentence
the offender to fine not exceeding two hundred rupees, and, in default of payment of fine, to simple imprisonment
for a term which may extend to one month, unless such fine be sooner paid.
(2) In every such case the Court shall record the fact constituting the offence, with the statement (if any) made
by the offender, as well as the finding and sentence.
(3) If the offence is under section 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), the record shall show the nature
and stage of the judicial proceeding in which the Court interrupted or insulted was sitting, and the nature of the
interruption or insult.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
384. Procedure in certain cases of contempt.—(1) When any such offence as is described
in section 210, section 213, section 214, section 215 or section 267 of the Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) is committed in the view or presence of any Civil, Criminal, or Revenue Court,
the Court may cause the offender to be detained in custody, and may, at any time before the rising of the
Court on the same day, take cognizance of the offence and, after giving the offender a reasonable
opportunity of showing cause why he should not be punished under this section, sentence the offender to
fine not exceeding one thousand rupees, and, in default of payment of fine, to simple imprisonment for a
term which may extend to one month, unless such fine be sooner paid.
(2) In every such case the Court shall record the fact constituting the offence, with the statement (if
any) made by the offender, as well as the finding and sentence.
(3) If the offence is under section 267 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023), the record
shall show the nature and stage of the judicial proceeding in which the Court interrupted or insulted was
sitting, and the nature of the interruption or insult.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023