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 court martial, a military judge, an officer conducting a summary hearing, 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.