# Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013, Section 12: Abolition of scandalising the judiciary as form of contempt of court


(1) Scandalising the judiciary (also referred to as scandalising the court or scandalising judges) is abolished as a form of contempt of court under the common law.
(2) That abolition does not prevent proceedings for contempt of court being brought against a person for conduct that immediately before that abolition would have constituted both scandalising the judiciary and some other form of contempt of court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2013/7/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-northern-ireland-2013/section-12
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