order or by or under the authority of Parliament, a committee or the Speaker which
was not so printed; or
(b) tenders in evidence as purporting to have been so printed a copy of any
enactment, report, paper or minutes referred to in paragraph (a) knowing that it was
not so printed;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
(c) where the Prosecutor-General has, in terms of section 22, instituted the
prosecution, to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment; or
(d) where Parliament sits as the court by virtue of section 3(b), to a fine not
exceeding twice the amount of the maximum fine in level fourteen or, in default of
payment of the fine, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years.
21 Certain other contempts to be offences
Any person who commits any act, matter or thing specified in the Schedule shall be guilty of
an offence and liable —
a) where the Prosecutor-General has, in terms of section 22, instituted the
prosecution, to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment; or
b) where Parliament sits as the court by virtue of section 3(b), to a fine not
exceeding twice the amount of the maximum fine in level fourteen or, in default of
payment of the fine, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years.
22 Prosecutions by Prosecutor-General
(1) The Prosecutor-General may, if requested to do so by resolution of Parliament but not
otherwise, take such steps as are necessary to bring to trial before a court of competent
jurisdiction any person who is alleged to have committed—
(a) any act, matter or thing which in this Part is declared to be an offence; or
(b) within the precincts of Parliament any other act, matter or thing which is a crime
or an offence otherwise than by reason of this Part and into and upon the
commission of which Parliament has powers and jurisdiction to inquire, judge and
pronounce by virtue of paragraph (b) of section three.
(2) It is declared for the avoidance of doubt that a court before which proceedings are
instituted in pursuance of subsection (1) has all such powers and jurisdiction as are
exercisable by it in or in connection with a criminal trial.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed as precluding the Prosecutor-General from
taking such steps as are necessary to bring to trial before a court of competent jurisdiction a
person who is alleged to have committed within the precincts of Parliament a crime or an
offence which is not an act, matter or thing referred to in subsection (1).
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WARRANTS AND ARRESTS
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