Section 345 The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section 345 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973
345. Procedure in certain cases of contempt.
(1) When any such offense as is described in section 175, section 178 section 179 section 180 or section 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860 ), is committed in the view or presence of any Civil Criminal or Revenue Court the Court may cause the offender to be detained in custody and may at any time before the rising of the Court on the same day, take cognizance of the offense and after giving the offender a reasonable opportunity of showing cause why he should not be punished under this section sentence the offender to fine not exceeding two hundred rupees, and, in default of payment of fine to simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month unless such fine be sooner paid.
(2) In every such case the Court shall record the facts constituting the offense with the statement (if any) made by the offender, as well as the finding and sentence.
(3) If the offense is under section 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860 ) the record shall show the nature and stage of the judicial proceeding in which the Court interrupted or insulted was sitting and the nature of the interruption or insult.

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