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Section 9: Compelling attendance

Contempt of Courts (CAT) Rules, 1992Central Rules · 1971

(i) The Tribunal may, if it has reason to believe, that the respondent is absconding or is otherwise evading service of notice, or has failed to appear in person in pursuance of the notice, direct a warrant, bailable or non-bailable, for his arrest, addressed to one or more Police Officers or may order attachment of property belonging to such person. The warrant and the writ of attachment shall be issued under the signature of the Registrar.

The warrant shall be in Form No. II and shall be executed as far as may be, in the manner provided, for execution of warrants under the Code.

(ii) The warrant shall be executed by the Officer or Officers to whom it is directed and may also be executed by any other Police Officer whose name is endorsed upon the warrant by the Officer to whom it is directed or endorsed.

(iii) Every person who is arrested and detained shall, if he cannot be produced before the Tribunal within twenty-four hours of arrest excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Tribunal, be produced before the nearest Magistrate within the said period, who may authorise detention till such person is produced before the Tribunal.

(iv) Every person who is arrested and detained when produced before the Tribunal, may be released on bail on a bond for such a sum of money as the Tribunal thinks sufficient with or without sureties, with the condition that the person so released shall attend the Tribunal at the time and place mentioned in the bond and shall continue to so attend until otherwise directed by the Tribunal:

Provided that the Tribunal may, if it thinks fit instead of taking bail from such person, release him on personal bond for his attendance. The provisions of the Code shall, so far as may be, apply to all arrests made and bonds executed under the rules.

Where this provision sits

ActContempt of Courts (CAT) Rules, 1992
Section9
Marginal noteCompelling attendance
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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