Courts - contempt of court - jurisdiction - Kroo Tribal Ruler has no
inherent jurisdiction to punish contempt: A Tribal Ruler has no inherent
jurisdiction to punish a contempt of court and may impose only such
fines as are prescribed for breach of rules made under the Tribal Administration
(Colony) Ordinance (cap. 217); although the Kroo Tribal Ruler
has power under the Tribal Administration (Freetown) (Kroo) Rules
(cap. 217), r. 12 to impose a fine for contravention of the rule that
parties to a dispute shall abide by the decision of the Tribal Ruler, this
does not empower him to impose a fine for a party's insulting behaviour
in court or for his mere statement that he does not intend to comply
with the Tribal Ruler's decision.