Publication of personal details
124 Publication of personal details
A person commits an offence if:
(a) a recognised DVO made by a court includes an order prohibiting publication of a person's personal details; and
the person publishes the details.
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
(3) Despite subsection (1), it is not an offence to publish a person's personal details if:
the publication is in an official report of the proceeding; or
the publication is in the course of:
(i) giving information to an information sharing entity under Chapter 5A; or
(ii) giving information to an information sharing authority (as defined in section 293C(1) of the Care and Protection of Children Act 2007) under Part 5.1A of that Act; or
(c) the publication is permitted or authorised under this Act or any other law of the Territory.
In this section:
proceeding means:
a proceeding for the hearing of an application for:
a DVO; or
the variation or revocation of a DVO; or
a proceeding for the confirmation of a DVO.
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