YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2005 (NO 32 OF 2005) - SECT 50 Restriction of publication of proceedings
YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2005 (NO 32 OF 2005) - SECT 50
Restriction of publication of proceedings(1) The Court may, in an order under section 49 or by a separate order, direct that a report of, or information relating to, proceedings in the Court, or the result of proceedings against a youth before the Court, must not be published.
(2) A person who publishes a report or information in contravention of a direction under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
If the offender is a body corporate – 1 000 penalty units.
(3) Despite subsection (2), it is not an offence for a police officer, under an arrangement for the exchange of such information, to send to the Police Force of a State or another Territory information relating to the conviction of a youth for an offence.