Section 328
Summary procedure for offences committed in Court
Where any such offence as is described in section 175, 178, 179,
180 or 228 of the Penal Code (Chapter 22) is committed in the view or presence of any Court of a Magistrate whether civil or criminal, the Court may cause the offender to be detained in custody, and at any time before the rising of the Court on the same day the Court may, if it thinks fit, take cognisance of the offence and sentence the offender to imprisonment for
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a 14 days or to a fine of $400, and in default of payment to imprisonment for one month.
Record of facts constituting offence 329.
(1)
In every such case, the Court shall record the facts constituting the offence, with the statement (if any) made by the offender as well as the finding and sentence.
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(2)
If the offence is an offence punishable under section 228 of the Penal Code (Chapter 22), the record must show the nature and stage of the judicial proceedings in which the Court interrupted or insulted was sitting, and the nature of the interruption or insult.
Alternative procedure 330.
If the Court, in any case, considers that a person accused of any of the offences referred to in section 328 and committed in its view or presence may be better dealt with by ordinary process of law, the Court, after recording the facts constituting the offence and the statement of the accused as provided under section 329, may -
(a)
direct the accused to be prosecuted; and
(b)
require security to be given for the appearance of such accused person before a Magistrate or, if sufficient security is not given, forward such person, under custody, to a Magistrate.