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Versions of s. 708(2)

C-46 — Criminal Code · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2026-07-15 to present available View Source
    A court, judge, justice or provincial court judge may deal summarily with a person who is guilty of contempt of court under this section and that person is liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars$5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninetytwo daysyears less a day, or to both, and may be ordered to pay the costs that are incident to the service of any process under this Part and to histhat person’s detention, if any.
    Full text

    A court, judge, justice or provincial court judge may deal summarily with a person who is guilty of contempt of court under this section and that person is liable to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years less a day, or to both, and may be ordered to pay the costs that are incident to the service of any process under this Part and to that person’s detention, if any.

  2. 2003-01-01 to 2026-07-15 View Source

    A court, judge, justice or provincial court judge may deal summarily with a person who is guilty of contempt of court under this section and that person is liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety days or to both, and may be ordered to pay the costs that are incident to the service of any process under this Part and to his detention, if any.