Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007 (g) the Intellectual Property Tribunal established in terms of section 3 of the Intellectual Property Tribunal Act [Chapter 26:08]; (h) a magistrates court established in terms of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10]; or (i) a local court established in terms of the Customary Law and Local Courts Act [Chapter 7:05]; or (j) any other court or tribunal, which is established by or in terms of any enactment and which exercises judicial or quasi-judicial functions; “escaped person” means a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of section one hundred and eighty-five who has escaped from lawful custody in contravention of that section; “judicial proceedings” means proceedings of a court, whatever the nature of such proceedings; “oath” means⎯ (a) an oath lawfully sworn by a person in the course of or for the purpose of judicial proceedings; or (b) an affirmation lawfully made by a person in place of an oath in the course of or for the purpose of judicial proceedings; or (c) an admonition lawfully administered to a person in place of an oath in the course of or for the purpose of judicial proceedings; “officer of court” means any person who performs official duties in any court or in connection with judicial proceedings, and includes a legal practitioner acting in the course of such duties, but does not include a person whose duties extend only to appearing in court as a witness; “prison” has the meaning given to that term in section 2 of the Prisons Act [Chapter 7:11]; “reward” means any right, interest, profit, indemnity, benefit or advantage of any kind whatsoever which is not due to the person who receives it. 182 Contempt of court (1) Any person who, by any act or omission, impairs the dignity, reputation or authority of a court⎯ (a) intending to do so; or (b) realising that there is a real risk or possibility that his or her act or omission may have such an effect; shall be guilty of contempt of court and liable to a fine not exceeding level six or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or both. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person may impair the dignity, reputation or authority of a court by doing any of the following acts⎯ (a) having been properly summoned as a party or witness in any judicial proceedings to attend any court for the purpose of giving evidence or producing any document or thing before the court ⎯ - 104 -