Amendment of section 86.
(Cap. 221.)
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the warning required by subsection (4) the clerk of the
court shall give to him written notice of the provisions
of section 65D of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance."
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4. Section 86 of the principal Ordinance is amended in
subsection (1) by inserting, after "the recognizances of bail (if any),”,
the following -
"where the magistrate has made an order under subsection
(2) of section 87A, a statement to that effect,"
Addition of new sections 87A and 87B.
5.
Part III of the principal Ordinance is amended by adding,
after section 87, the following new sections
"Restrictions on reports of committal proceedings. 1967, c. 80, ss. 3 & 36. S.I. 1963/ 1920, г.2.
87A. (1) No person shall publish in the Colony
a written report, or broadcast in the Colony a report,
of any committal proceedings in the Colony containing
any matter other than that permitted by subsection (7).
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a magistrate
shall, on an application for the purpose made with
reference to any committal proceedings by the accused
or one of the accused, as the case may be, order that
subsection (1) shall not apply to reports of those
proceedings, and any such order shall be entered in the
Magistrate's Case Register.
(3) If the accused is not represented at any
committal proceedings by counsel or by a solicitor, the