Constitution 1973 § Article 204 — Contempt of Court

Statutory text (English)

(1) In this Article, “Court” means the 3[Federal Constitutional
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.]

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 204: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 103, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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