Closure of Court and restriction on publication of proceedings
26P Closure of Court and restriction on publication of proceedings
This section applies to proceedings before the Supreme Court in connection with an application for the making or revocation of a preventative detention order or prohibited contact order.
Any such proceedings must be heard in the absence of the public.
The Supreme Court may, in connection with any such proceedings, make such orders relating to the suppression of publication of the whole or any part of the proceedings or of the evidence given in the proceedings as, in its opinion, are necessary to secure the object of this Part.
A person must not disclose information knowing that the disclosure contravenes an order under subsection (3).
Maximum penalty—Imprisonment for 5 years.
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