Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 — Article 204

204. Contempt of Court..—(1) In this Article, “Court” means the 3[Federal Constitutional 2 Court or the] Supreme Court or a High Court.

(2)A Court shall have power to punish any person who

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

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

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

(d)does any other thing which, by law, constitutes contempt of the Court.

(3)The exercise of the power conferred on a Court by this Article may be regulated by law and, subject to law, by rules made by the Court.]