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EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 71C

EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 71C

71C—Restriction on reporting of proceedings following acquittals

        (1)         Where an application has been made for the reservation of a question of law arising at the trial of a person who was tried on information and acquitted, a person must not publish any report, statement or representation in relation to the application or any consequent proceedings

            (a)         by which the identity of the acquitted person is revealed; or

            (b)         from which the identity of the acquitted person might reasonably be inferred,

unless the acquitted person consents to the publication.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of a natural person—$10 000;

            (b)         in the case of a body corporate—$120 000.

        (2)         This section does not apply to the publication in printed or electronic form of material that—

            (a)         consists solely or primarily of the reported judgements or decisions of a court or courts; or

            (b)         is of a technical nature designed primarily for use by legal practitioners.