[Discussion] Criminal Code Act (September 2018)

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With regard to Contempt of Court: If the Court compels testimony or evidence, not following that must have a penalty otherwise there's no point to the Court being able to compel testimony or evidence.

I guess, but NS courts really don't have the capacity to compel testimony even with that. Like "Oh no, I'm in NS jail, guess I'll chill in literally any other region for a while." And that's assuming they're even convicted of contempt, for which charges would have to be filed and then heard by an unbiased court (since the court thinking they did contempt renders them unable to adjudicate the accusation fairly).

Plus, we havn't even settled yet if the court will *have* a role in criminal matters, so the idea of compelling someone to write a brief on a constitutional question is kinda silly.

It's best to have contempt dealt with by the court as a routine matter, not as a criminal one.