Justices Act 1886

A person shall not allude to the making or existence of a private complaint against any person or to any proceeding taken or to be taken in relation to a private complaint against any person in—

any newspaper, magazine, book, pamphlet, or other paper intended for public distribution; or

any report, commentary or speech broadcast publicly by radio, television or other means; or

any speech delivered publicly;

until it is established that the complaint will not be dismissed on a ground referred to in section 102C(1).Maximum penalty—4 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

Note—If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 102FA, to have also committed the offence.

Nothing in subsection (1) shall render any person liable to a penalty on account of the publication of matter referred to therein in a recognised series of law reports.