Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  37 / 92 Next Page
Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 37 / 92 Next Page
Page Background

CHILD CARE AND PROTECTION

members or officers of the court, parties to the case, their

attorneys-at-law, or persons otherwise directly concerned in the

case, be excluded from the court during the taking of the

evidence of that witness.

(2)

The powers conferred on a court by this section shall

be in addition and without prejudice to any other powers of the

court to hear proceedings in camera.

44.-(1)

In relation to any proceedings in any court which

power to

prohibit

arise out of any offence against, or any conduct contrary to,

,,,ication

decency or morality, the court may direct that-

of certain

matters.

(a)

no report of the proceedings shall reveal the name,

address, or school, or include any particulars calculated

to lead to the identification, of any child concerned in

the proceedings, either as being the person against or in

respect of whom the proceedings are taken, or as being

a witness therein;

(b)

no picture of any child so concerned in the proceedings

as aforesaid, shall be published,

except in so far (if at all) as may be permitted by the direction of

the court.

(2) Any person who publishes any

matter

in

contravention of any directions given under subsection (1)

commits an offence and is liable upon summary conviction

before a Resident Magistrate to a fine not exceeding one million

dollars or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding twelve months.

45.-(1) No report of any proceedings in a Children's Court

Restriction

on

shall reveal the name, address or school or include any

news,,,er

particulars calculated to lead to the identification of any child

reportsof

proceedings

concerned in those proceedings either as being the person

injuvenile

against or in respect of whom proceedings are taken or as being

courts.

a witness therein, nor shall any picture be published as bleing or

including

a

picture of any child so concerned in any such

proceedings:

,

.-

[The

inclusion of this page

is

authorized

by

L.N.

1 1

1/2005]