AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND REGULATION OF MILITARY FORCES AND FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL THERETO
[RFM 26] Witnesses before Boards of Inquiry, Regimental Inquiry or court martial26
[subs (1) am Ordinance 25 of 1956 s 7, effective 21 December 1956 ; Ordinance 56 of 1961 s 15, effective 21 December 1961]
- (a)makes default in attending or being in attendance; or
- (b)refuses to take an oath or affirmation which the Board of Inquiry, Regimental Inquiry or court martial lawfully requires him or her to take; or
- (c)refuses to produce any document in his or her power or control which the Board of Inquiry, Regimental Inquiry or court martial lawfully requires him or her to produce; or
- (d)refuses to answer any question which the Board of Inquiry, Regimental Inquiry or court martial lawfully requires him or her to answer; or
- (e)is guilty of any contempt of the Board of Inquiry, Regimental Inquiry or court martial by causing any interruption or disturbance in its proceedings or otherwise,
the president of the Board of Inquiry, Regimental Inquiry or court martial may certify the default, refusal or contempt under his or her hand to a Judge or Magistrate having powers to deal with or punish persons guilty of like acts or omissions in his or her court and such Judge or Magistrate may thereupon inquire into the same, and, if the person is found guilty, deal with or punish him or her in like manner as if such default, refusal or contempt had been made or committed before him or her or in relation to his or her court.
[subs (2) am Ordinance 25 of 1956 s 7, effective 17 December 1956 ; Ordinance 56 of 1961 s 15, effective 21 December 1961]
The Laws of Fiji