Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILDRENS COURT ACT 1992 - SECT 26

26 Contempt

(1) A judge has the same power to punish a person for contempt of the court as the judge has to punish a person for contempt of the District Court.

(2) The District Court of Queensland Act 1967 , section 129 applies in relation to the Childrens Court when constituted by a judge in the same way as it applies in relation to the District Court.

(3) In the performance of duties in relation to the Childrens Court, a Childrens Court magistrate, a magistrate or justices have the same power to punish for contempt as a magistrate has or justices have, as the case may be, to punish for contempt of a Magistrates Court.

(4) The Justices Act 1886 , section 40 applies in relation to the court when constituted by a Childrens Court magistrate, a magistrate or justices in the same way as it applies in relation to a Magistrates Court.