CAP. 179]
[s. 46 cont.]
Suits for criminal conversation abolished.
Power to make rules.
Divorce.
(d) the summing-up of the judge and the finding of the jury (if any) and the judgment of the court and observations made by the judge in giving judgment.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1) it shall not be lawful to print or publish, or cause or procure to be printed or published, in relation to any such proceedings, any indecent matter or indecent medical, surgical or physiological details being matter or details the publication of which would be calculated to injure public morals.
(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to the printing of any pleading, transcript of evidence or other document for use in connexion with any judicial proceedings or the communication thereof to persons concerned in the proceedings, or to the printing or publishing of any notice or report in pursuance of the directions of the court; or to the printing or publishing of any matter in any separate volume or part of any bona fide series of law reports which does not form part of any other publication and consists solely of reports or proceedings in courts of law, or in any publication of a technical character bona fide intended for circulation among members of the legal or medical professions.
(4) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
(5) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted without the consent of the Attorney General.
47. No person competent to present a petition under sections 4 and 5 shall maintain a suit for criminal conversation with his wife.
48. (1) The Chief Justice may make rules to fix and regulate the fees and costs payable upon all proceedings in suits under this Ordinance, and also rules concerning the practice and procedure under this Ordinance as he considers expedient.
(2) Such rules may, amongst other things, vary any of the forms in the schedule, or may add new forms thereto.
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