Restriction on publication of evidence
12 Restriction on publication of evidence
The Commissioner may direct that —
any evidence given before the Commission;
the contents of any statement of information, document, or a description of any thing, produced to the Commission;
the contents of any document, or a description of any thing, seized under a search warrant issued under the 1968 Act;
any information that might enable a person who has given or may be about to give evidence before the Commission to be identified or located;
the fact that any person has given or may be about to give evidence before the Commission,
must not be published or must not be published except in such manner, and to such persons, as the Commissioner specifies.
A person must not make a publication in contravention of a direction given under this section.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months and a fine of $4 000.
This section operates in place of section 19B of the 1968 Act.
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