South Australian Consolidated Acts

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (REGISTER OF INTERESTS) ACT 1983 - SECT 6

6—Restrictions on publications

        (1)         A person shall not publish whether in Parliament or outside Parliament—

            (a)         any information derived from the Register or a statement prepared pursuant to section 5 unless that information constitutes a fair and accurate summary of the information contained in the Register or statement and is published in the public interest; or

            (b)         any comment on the facts set forth in the Register or statement unless that comment is fair and published in the public interest and without malice.

        (2)         Where a person publishes within Parliament any information or comment in contravention of subsection (1), the person shall be guilty of a contempt of Parliament.

        (3)         Where any information or comment is published by any person outside Parliament in contravention of subsection (1), that person and any person who authorised the publication of the information or comment shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

            (a)         in the case of a corporation—to a penalty not exceeding twenty five thousand dollars; or

            (b)         in any other case—to a penalty not exceeding five thousand dollars or imprisonment for three months.