1. (1)This Act may be called the Contempt of Courts Act, 1926.(2) It extends to the whole of ²[Bangladesh].(3) It shall come into force on such date as the ³[Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.

2. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), the ⁴[High Court Division] shall have and exercise the same Jurisdiction, powers and authority, in accordance with the same procedure and practice, in respect of contempt of courts subordinate to ⁵[it as it has and exercises in respect of contempts of itself].(2) ⁶[Omitted by section 4 of the Contempt of Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 1959 (Ordinance No. XLV of 1959).](3) ⁷[The High Court Division shall not] take cognizance of a contempt alleged to have been committed in respect of a court subordinate to it where such contempt is an offence punishable under the [Penal Code].

3. Save as otherwise expressly provided by any law for the time being in force, a contempt of court may be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, which may extend to two thousand ⁸[Taka], or with bothProvided that the accused may be discharged or the punishment awarded may be remitted on apology being made to the satisfaction of the Court: Provided further that notwithstanding anything else where contained in any law ⁹[the High Court Division shall not] impose a sentence in excess of that specified in this section for any contempt either in respect of itself or of a Court subordinate to it.