National Defence Act
Marginal note:Offences of contempt
302 Every person is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months or to both, where the person
(a) on being duly summoned as a witness under Part II, III or IV makes default in attending;
(b) being in attendance as a witness in any proceeding under Part II, III or IV,
(i) refuses to take an oath or make a solemn affirmation legally required of that person,
(ii) refuses to produce any document or thing under that person’s control and required to be produced by that person, or
(iii) refuses to answer any question that requires an answer;
(c) at any proceeding under Part II, III or IV, uses insulting or threatening language or causes any interference or disturbance;
(d) prints observations or uses words likely to bring a proceeding under Part II, III or IV into disrepute or likely to influence improperly a board of inquiry, the Grievances Committee, the Military Judges Inquiry Committee, a service tribunal, a commissioner taking evidence under this Act, the Military Police Complaints Commission, an inquiry committee established under the regulations or a witness at a proceeding under Part II, III or IV; or
(e) displays contempt, in any other manner whatever, at any proceeding under Part II, III or IV.
- R.S., 1985, c. N-5, s. 302
- 1998, c. 35, s. 90
- 2013, c. 24, ss. 104, 106(E)
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