CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 1978 - SECT 6
Publication at large of complainant’s identity prohibited
CRIMINAL LAW (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 1978 - SECT 6
Publication at large of complainant’s identity prohibited
6 Publication at large of complainant’s identity prohibited
(1) Any report made or published concerning an examination of witnesses or a
trial, other than a report specified in section 8(1) , shall not reveal the
name, address, school or place of employment of a complainant therein or any
other particular likely to lead to the identification of a complainant therein
unless the court, for good and sufficient reason shown, orders to the
contrary.
(2) If the court makes an order to the contrary it may therein
specify—
(a) the particulars that may be revealed; and
(b) the extent to
which publication of the report made is permitted.
(3) A person must not make
or publish a report that contravenes subsection (1) .
Penalty—
Maximum
penalty—
(a) for an individual—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment;
or
(b) for a corporation—1,000 penalty units.
Note—
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an
executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 12, to have
also committed the offence.
(4) If the court makes an order under
subsection (2) about the making or publishing of a report, a person who makes
or publishes a report that contravenes the order commits an offence.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—100 penalty units
or 2 years imprisonment; or
(b) for a corporation—1,000 penalty units.
Note—
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an
executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 12, to have
also committed the offence.
(5) The fact that a person is liable to a
penalty for an offence under subsection (4) does not prevent the person being
dealt with for contempt of court evidenced by the person’s offence.
