Sentence examples for offence of contempt from inspiring English sources

The possible offence of contempt of court relates to the handling of evidence in the original criminal case against Evans in 2012.

Nonetheless, Loh J. said that the courts had to define the offence "consistently with the words, structure and spirit of Art 14, which clearly demand some kind of balance to be struck between the freedom of speech, which is the rule, and the offence of contempt, an exception to the rule.

He noted that the committee was sitting as a "quasi-judicial hearing" and that the offence had "overtones of contempt of court".

Offence: Contempt of court.

The privileges of Parliament are set out in the, and the Singapore courts have held that the common law offence of scandalizing the court (a form of contempt of court) does not violate Article 14(1)(a).

Alleged offence: Contempt of court.

He's been convicted of contempt of court and related offences multiples times over his "naming and shaming" sex offenders, and he's been jailed twice, the last time for 50 days in 2014.

Istvan and Peter Toth were jailed for five years and four years respectively for the same offence, but both had nine months added to their sentences after being convicted of contempt of court for breaking bail.

Any journalist who tried to disclose what was being said behind closed doors, and what it showed about MI5's involvement with the taxi driver's ordeal, would be committing an offence under the Contempt of Court Act, and could face prosecution and imprisonment.

The definition of contempt.

Each full of contempt for the other.