34. Hearing a charge of contempt
At the hearing of a charge of contempt lodged by the Attorney General ¾
(a) the Court must be constituted by a magistrate;
(b) the Court must not be constituted so as to include any Court officer in whose presence or in respect of whom the alleged contempt was committed;
(c) a certificate by ¾
(i) the magistrate or JP who was constituting the Court when, or in respect of whom, the alleged contempt was committed;
(ii) the registrar in whose presence, or in respect of whom, the alleged contempt was committed; or
(iii) the Chief Magistrate,
setting out the details of the act or omission that constitute the alleged contempt is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, evidence of its contents; and
(d) any transcript of the proceedings in which the alleged contempt was committed is admissible.