Contempt of Court Bill: Approval for Government Supplementary Order Paper [pdf, 1.2 MB]
...Legislation Committee Contempt of Court Bill: Approval for Government Supplementary Order Paper Proposal 1 I seek approval to table a Government Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) to: 1.1 re-insert an offence prohibiting the publication of false statements about a Judge or a court (which was removed by the Justice Committee) into the Contempt of Court Bill (‘the Bill”); and 1.2 implement Cabinet’s decision to retain that offence in the Bill but with a narrower formulation and a...