{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-429",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-429.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1986/1032",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked",
  "path": "article/429",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "429",
  "heading": "Obstruction of inspectors treated as contempt of court",
  "text": "(1) If any person—\n(a) fails to comply with article 427(1)(a) or (c),\n(b) refuses to comply with a requirement under Article 427(1)(b) or (2), or\n(c) refuses to answer any question put to him by the inspectors for the purposes of the investigation,\nthe inspectors may certify that fact in writing to the court.\n(3) The court may thereupon inquire into the case; and, after hearing any witnesses who may be produced against or on behalf of the alleged offender and after hearing any statement which may be offered in defence, the court may punish the offender in like manner as if he had been guilty of contempt of the court.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "mod. by SR 2004/307"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1990 NI 10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1032/article/429",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:35.100869+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}