'Sanctions for misconduct before the court - national proceedings' in document 'Sweden - Code of Judicial Procedure'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part one ORGANISATION OF COURTS

Chapter 9
PROCEDURAL OFFENCES, DEFAULT FINES AND CUSTODIAL ESCORT TO COURT

Section 5

Anyone who, at a court session, disturbs the hearing, or takes photographs in the courtroom or violates a regulation or a prohibition order that has been issued pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 9, shall be sentenced to a fine. This shall also apply to anyone who, orally or in a paper filed with the court, employs an unseemly manner of expression. (SFS 1991:241)