Contempt of court
57.—(1)  A Court shall have the same power to punish as contempt of court a failure to comply with an order of the Court made under section 56 as is possessed by the General Division of the High Court in respect of a failure to comply with an order of the General Division of the High Court.
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(2)  The maximum penalty which a Court is empowered to impose under this section shall be —
(a)where the contempt was committed by a trade union, a fine of $4,000;
(b)where the contempt was committed by an employer or an officer of a trade union, a fine of $2,000 or imprisonment for one year or both; or
(c)in any other case, a fine of $500 and, in default of payment of the fine, imprisonment for 6 months.
(3)  A Court shall have power to punish an act or omission as a contempt of the Court although a penalty is provided in respect of that act or omission under some other provision of this Act or under any other written law.
(4)  For the purposes of enforcing the payment of any fine imposed or giving effect to any order of imprisonment, the president shall have the powers of the General Division of the High Court.
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(5)  Where a Court punishes as contempt a failure by a person to comply with an order of the Court, that person shall, during a period of 2 years from the date on which the punishment is imposed, or such lesser period as the Court may determine, be ineligible to be nominated for election as an officer of a trade union or a branch of a trade union or a federation of trade unions or to act as such an officer.
(6)  A person who acts as an officer of a trade union, or a branch of a trade union or a federation of trade unions while he is ineligible by reason of subsection (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a District Court —
(a)to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; and
(b)for a second or subsequent offence to imprisonment for a term not less than 6 months and not exceeding 3 years.