FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 1972 - SECT 238
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 1972 - SECT 238
238—Restriction on publication of reports on affiliation proceedings etc
(1) A person who
prints or publishes or causes or procures to be printed or published any
particulars whatsoever in relation to any complaint or proceedings under this
Act arising from the birth of a child outside marriage or concerning an
affiliation case, or in relation to any proceedings incidental to such a
complaint or proceedings, is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Division 5 fine.
(2) A person who
sells, or distributes or causes or procures to be sold or distributed or who
has in his or her possession for sale or distribution any newspaper or
document containing or purporting to contain any matter or details or
particulars the printing or publication of which would be a contravention of
this section is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Division 5 fine.
(4) This section does
not apply to—
(a) the
printing, sale, distribution or possession of any pleading, transcript of
evidence or other document for the purposes of the proceedings; or
(b) the
printing or publishing of any notice or report in pursuance of the directions
of the adjudicating court; or
(c) any
matter that forms part of a genuine series of reports of proceedings in courts
of law which reports do not form part of any other publication; or
(d) any
publication of a technical character primarily intended for circulation
amongst members of the legal or medical professions or amongst persons engaged
in community welfare work.
(5) No prosecution for
an offence against this section may be commenced by any person without the
authority in writing of the Minister.