County Court Bailiff - Penalty For Assaulting County Court Bailiffs

Penalty For Assaulting County Court Bailiffs

If any person assaults an officer of a court while in the execution of his duty, he shall be liable— (a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both; or (b)on an order made by the judge in that behalf, to be committed for a specified period not exceeding 3 months to prison or to such a fine as aforesaid, or to be so committed and to such a fine, and a Bailiff of the court may take the offender into custody, with or without warrant, and bring him before the judge.

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