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(3) Section 72 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 shall be amended by inserting the words “for contempt of court or” after “prison” in subsection (2), and after “such a centre” in subsection (3).

(4) Each of the superior courts shall have the like power to make a hospital order or guardianship order under section 48 of the Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961 in the case of a person suffering from mental disorder who could otherwise be committed to prison for contempt of court as the Crown Court has under that section in the case of a person convicted of an offence.

(5) In subsections (1) and (2) of section 20 of the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, for the words “ten pounds” there shall be substituted “£200” and in section 34 of that Act for the words “twenty-five pounds” there shall be substituted “£500”.

(6) In section 122 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964, in subsection (1), for the words “eight days” there shall be substituted “one month”, and at the end of the subsection there shall be added the words “or impose on him a fine not exceeding £500, or both”; and subsection (3) is repealed.

(7) In Article 55 of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, in paragraph (2), for the words “not exceeding £50” there shall be substituted “not exceeding £500” and for the words “any period” there shall be substituted “a specified period”.

16. Section 35 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 shall apply to fines imposed for contempt of court by any superior court other than the Crown Court as it applies to fines imposed by the Crown Court. PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY W. J. SHARP

LONDON: PUBLISHED BY HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE Rh

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