Case Number
CrimA 6/50
Date Decided
6-30-1950
Decision Type
Appellate
Document Type
Full Opinion
Abstract
The appellant, who had allowed third parties to occupy premises in breach of an injunction restraining him from so doing was convicted of contempt of court under the Contempt of Court Ordinance and was sentenced to a fine of I.L. 250 or three months imprisonment. This sentence was imposed on the appellant by the District Court not for the purpose of inducing him to comply with the terms of the injunction, which had become impossible, but as a punishment for its breach.
Held, allowing the appeal, that the purpose of the sanctions in the Contempt of Court Ordinance is to enforce the carrying out of an order of court and not to punish a person held in contempt, for which other legislation existed.
Keywords
Courts, Criminal Law
