2016 GENtlRAL LAWS Al\ffi'{DMENT No.3 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.". 11. In section 22 ("Prosecutions by Prosecutor-General")(2) by the deletion of "or preparatory examination, as the case may be". 12. In section 23 ("Warrants for arrest and imprisonment") by the deletion of''The Speaker" and the substitution of "Subject to section 23A, the Speaker" 13. By the insertion of the following section after section 22- "23A Judicial authority for issuance of warrants by Speaker Where Parliament sitting as a court has imposed any fine for the commission of an offence under Part V, and the offender has not paid the fine in full within the period stipulated by Parliament or, if the period is not so stipulated, within twenty-one days of the imposition of the fine, the Clerk or any officer of Parliament authorised by the Clerk may forthwith transmit to the clerk or registmr of any court having competent jurisdiction to impose the fine a document signed by the Speaker setting out the particulars of the offender, the offence, the fine and the custodial sentence imposed by Parliament in the event of the fine not being paid, whereupon(a) the document shall be entered by the clerk or registmr in the records of that court; and (b) as soon as the document has been recorded in te1m<:> of paragraph (a) it shall be laid before the court and the court shall thercupon(i) sentence the offender to the term of imprisonment imposed by Parliament in default of payment of the fine; and (ii) by endorsement on a copy of the document authorise the Speaker to issue the appropriate warrant of arrest and imprisonment in accordance with this Part.". 14. By the repeal of section 32 and the substitution of"32 Administrative penalty of imprisonment for contempt, etc (1) It is declared for the avoidance of doubt that any person adjudged by Parliament to be guilty of a contempt which is not an act, matter or thing declared in Part V to be an offence may, in addition to any other penalty to which he or she is liable by virtue of this Act or any other law, be committed to prison for such period during the current session of Parliament as Parliament may detemrine, which period, however, shall terminate(a) on the adjournment of the next sitting of the House which adjourned first after the sitting dming which person is committed to prison; or (b) on the prorogation or dissolution of Parliament; whichever is the earlier date. 71