Judgment[1990] KEHC 86
Case law
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Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Case
…And in default of recovery of the fine by attachment, the court has power to commit the witness to civil jail for a maximum of 15 days.…
…Moreover, even if the fine which should have been imposed could not be recovered by attachment, the lower court had no jurisdiction to commit the witness to prison but to civil jail.…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Case
…jail yet according to decided cases now being followed by the High Court, leave for such an application has not been sought from a judge in chambers.…
…In this case, and at the present moment the application on record is for an order for committal to civil jail, for breaching a court order. The application has, of course, not yet been argued.…