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CAP. 226]

Juvenile Offenders

[1983 Ed.

Restriction on reports of proceedings in juvenile courts and power of other courts to prohibit certain reports.

(cf. 1933 c. 12. s. 49.)

[cf. 1933 c. 12. s. 39(0)]

Provided that nothing in this section shall authorize the exclusion of bona fide representatives of a newspaper or news agency.

20A. (1) Subject to subsection (2) no person shall-

(a) publish a written report or broadcast a report of any proceedings in a juvenile court or on appeal from a juvenile court-

(i) revealing the name, address or school; or

(ii) including any particulars calculated to lead to the identification,

of any child or young person concerned in the proceedings, either as being the person against or in respect of whom the proceedings are taken or as being a witness therein; or

(b) publish in a written report any picture or broadcast any picture as being or including a picture of any child or young person so concerned in any such proceedings.

(2) The court may, if satisfied that it is in the interests of justice so to do, by order dispense with the requirements of subsection (1) to such extent as may be specified in the order.

(3) In any proceedings in any court, other than proceedings to which subsection (1) applies, the court may direct that, except in so far as the court may otherwise permit, no person shall publish any of the matters specified in subsection (1) in respect of the proceedings before it.

(4) If a report or picture is published or broadcast in contravention of subsection (1) or of a direction of a court under subsection (3), the following persons-

(a) in the case of publication of a written report or picture as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, any proprietor, editor, publisher or distributor thereof;

(b) in the case of a publication of a written report or picture otherwise than as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, the person who publishes or distributes it;

(c) in the case of a broadcast of a report or picture, any person who transmits or provides the programme in which the report or picture is broadcast and any person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of the editor of a newspaper or periodical publication,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(5) Proceedings for an offence under this section shall not be instituted except with the consent of the Attorney General.

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