New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Where a Judge of the High Court or a former Judge of the High Court is a member of a Commission and any person does, in relation to—
(a) That Commission; or
(b) Any member of that Commission; or
(c) Any officer of that Commission; or
(d) Any witness; or
(e) Any hearing of that Commission; or
(f) Any order or direction of that Commission; or
(g) The inquiry being conducted by that Commission,—
any act that would, if done in relation to the High Court or a Judge of the High Court or any Registrar or any officer of the High Court or any witness or any proceedings of the High Court or any order or direction of the High Court, be contempt of Court, the doing of that act, whether in the face of that Commission or otherwise, shall constitute contempt of that Commission, and any member of that Commission who is a Judge of the High Court or a former Judge of the High Court may punish that person for contempt of that Commission by exercising, in relation to that person, the same powers as a Judge of the High Court would have had if that person had been guilty of contempt of Court (including the powers conferred by section 56C of the Judicature Act 1908); and the provisions of section 56C of the Judicature Act 1908 shall, with all necessary modifications, apply accordingly.
Sections 13A to 13D were inserted, as from 29 July 1995, by section 2 Commissions of Inquiry Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 48). See section 4 of that Act as to the application of that Act to existing Commissions.