Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 — Section 36: Saving

36. Saving. − (1) Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction exercisable by, or the procedure applicable to, any court or other authority under any law relating to the Naval, Military or Air Forces or any other armed force of the Government.

(2)For removal of any doubt, it is hereby declared that, for the purposes of any such law as is referred to in sub-section (1), 1[an Anti-terrorism Court] shall be deemed to be a court of ordinary criminal jurisdiction. 1 [37. Contempt of Court.__ An Anti-terrorism Court shall have the power to punish with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and with fine any person who

(a)abuses, interferes with or obstructs the process of the Court in any way or disobeys any order or direction of the Court;

(b)scandalizes the Court or otherwise does anything which tends to bring the court or a person constituting the Court into hatred, ridicule or contempt;

(c)does anything which tends to prejudice the determination of a matter pending or most likely to come up before the Court;

(d)does anything which, by any other law, constitutes contempt of court. Explanation. In this section, “Court means” Anti-terrorism Court.]