Editing Contempt of court (section)

===India===
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In India, contempt of court is of two types:

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| Civil contempt: Under Section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act of 1971, civil contempt has been defined as wilful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to a court.
| Criminal contempt: Under Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act of 1971, criminal contempt has been defined as the publication (whether by words, spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise) of any matter or the doing of any other act whatsoever which:{{ordered list| list_style_type= lower-roman
| Scandalises or tends to scandalise, or lowers or tends to lower the authority of, any court, or
| Prejudices, or interferes or tends to interfere with the due course of any judicial proceeding, or
| Interferes or tends to interfere with, or obstructs or tends to obstruct, the administration of justice in any other manner.}}}}