Section 12: Complying with orders and directives of court

(1) Save for monetary orders against the State, any other order, directive or recommendation made or issued by the competent court under this Act shall, unless it is appealed, be complied with within such a time as shall be determined by the competent court. (2) The State shall take all reasonable steps to comply with monetary orders issued by the competent court within a reasonable time. (3) Whenever an order, recommendation or directive issued by a competent court is not complied with within the time prescribed by the court, a victim of the human rights violation or any other person may apply to court for summons to be issued against a person who is obligated to comply with the order to show cause why he or she should not be committed to civil prison for contempt of court. (4) The application in subsection (3) shall be made to the court that issued the order, directive or recommendation sought to be enforced. (5) Where a person makes an application under subsection (3), court may issue orders as it considers appropriate complying with its orders.