Prospective
6—(1) A person arrested by virtue of paragraph 5(9) for a breach of a DVPO must be held in custody and brought before a court of summary jurisdiction within the period of 24 hours beginning with the time of the arrest.N.I.
(2) If the court finds that the person has breached the DVPO, the court may—
(a)order the person to pay a sum not exceeding £5000; or
(b)commit the person to prison for a fixed period not exceeding 2 months.
(3) Payment of any sum ordered to be paid under sub-paragraph (2)(a) is enforceable in the same manner as payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction.
(4) If the matter is not disposed of when the person is brought before the court under sub-paragraph (1), the court may remand the person.
(5) In section 44(5) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (appeals relating to punishment of contempt and other defaults) in paragraph (c) after “Article 112 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981” insert “ or paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 ”.