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9,AttachmentofEarningsAct1971andMagistrates’CourtAct1980CoronersAct1887(c.71)1.Insubsections(1)and(2)ofsection19andin...2—5..............AttachmentofEarningsAct1971(c.32)6.Insection23,aftersubsection(1)thereshallbeinserted...Magistrates’CourtsAct1980(c.43)7.Insection97,insubsection(4),forthewords“7...SCHEDULE3ApplicationofMagistrates’CourtsAct1980toCivilContemptProceedingsUnderSection63(3)1.(1)Wheretheproceedingsaretakenofthecourt’sown...2.Wheretheproceedingsaretakenbywayofcomplaintfor...3.Whethertheproceedingsaretakenofthecourt’sownmotion...SCHEDULE4Sections12,13,14and16asAppliedtoNorthernIreland12.Offencesofcontemptofmagistrates’courts.13.Legalaid.14.ProceedingsinNorthernIreland.16.Enforcementoffinesimposedbysuperiorcourts.BacktotopOptions/HelpPrintOptionsPrintTableofContentsPDF 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