11A. Power to punish for contempt.- The Special Court shall have, and exercise, the same jurisdiction, powers and authority in respect of contempt of itself as a High Court has and may exercise and, for this purpose, the provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, shall have effect subject to the modifications that-- (a) the references therein to a High Court shall be construed as including a reference to such Special Court; (b) the references to the Advocate-General in section 15 of the said Act, shall be construed, in relation to the Special Court, as a reference to the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General or the Additional Solicitor-General.
*[Inserted by Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Amendment Act (24 of 1994).section 5 (w.e.f. 25-1-94)]
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