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| (1) Whenever any such offence as is described in sections 173, 176, 177, 178 or 223 of the Penal Code is committed in view or presence of any court criminal or civil, other than the Supreme Court or Court of Appeal or the High Court such court may cause the offender to be. detained in custody and at any time before the rising of the court on the same day may if it thinks fit take cognizance of the offence and sentence the offender; if a District Court, to a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred rupees and in default of payment to simple imprisonment which may extend to three months unless such fine be sooner paid; if a Magistrate's Court, to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees and in default of payment to simple imprisonment which may extend to two months unless such fine be sooner paid. |
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| (2) If the offence is under section 223 of the Penal Code the record must show the nature and stage of the judicial proceeding in which the court interrupted or insulted was sitting and the nature of the interruption or insult. |
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| (3) The court may in its discretion discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his submission to the order or requisition of such court or an apology being made to its satisfaction. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts