Any document or object referred to as an exhibit
and identified in a written statement admitted in evidence
under this section shall be treated as if it had been
produced as an exhibit and identified in court by the maker
of the statement.
19. At the conclusion of the preparatory hearing the
judge shall order that the jury to be empanelled so that
the trial may proceed before the judge and a jury.
Restrictions on reports of preparatory hearing.
20. (1) No person shall publish in Hong Kong a
written report, or broadcast in Hong Kong a report, of
a preparatory hearing containing any matter other than that
permitted by subsection (5).
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), a judge shall, on
an application by the accused or one of the accused, as the
case may be, order that subsection (1) shall not apply to
reports of that hearing.
(3) If the accused is not represented at a
preparatory hearing by counsel, the judge shall explain to
him the restrictions on reports of the preparatory hearing
imposed by subsection (1) and inform him of his right to
apply to the court for an order removing those
restrictions.
(4) Where a judge has made an order under subsection
(2) removing the restrictions on reports of a preparatory
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