Full aring to b in public.

16. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a full

hearing of the Tribunal under this Part shall be conducted

in public.

(2) Where the Tribunal is of the opinion that the

interests of public morality require that all or any

persons should be excluded from a full hearing the

presiding magistrate may direct that those persons be

excluded accordingly:

Provided that the power conferred by this section.

shall not be exercised for the purpose of excluding any

party to the proceedings or any legal representative.

thereof, or any bona fide reporter for any newspaper,

magazine or radio or television station.

(3) The Tribunal may, whether or not it gives a

direction under subsection (2), make an order forbidding

the publication and broadcasting, whether by radio or

television, of any report or account of the whole or any

part of any evidence adduced before it and the breach of

any such order may be dealt with by the High Court as a

contempt of that court.

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