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Rule 47.41 Application to punish for contempt of courtI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This rule applies where a person is accused of disobeying an order under section 59 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.

(2)

A person who wants the court to exercise its power to punish that person for contempt of court must comply with the rules in Part 48 (Contempt of court).

[Note. A Crown Court judge has power to punish a person who disobeys an order under section 59 of the 2001 Act as if that were a contempt of the Crown Court: see section 59(9) of the Act.]

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Rule 47.41 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble

Notes on Part 47

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Pt. 47 Table of Contents omitted (6.4.2026) by virtue of The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/47), rules 3, 10(c)(i)