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FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2004 - SECT 32

32. Restriction of publication of names of parties, &c.

      (1) Where it appears to a court that in the interests of the administration of justice it is desirable to prohibit the publication of any material relating to proceedings before the court under this Act, the court may, either before or during the course of the proceedings or after the proceedings, make an order forbidding the publication of that material.

      (2) The court must make an order forbidding the publication of any material relating to proceedings under this Act which may disclose the identity of an affected child.

      (3) The publication of any reference or allusion to any material which is forbidden to be published under subsection (1) or (2), if that reference or allusion is, in the opinion of the court, intended, or is sufficient, to disclose that material, is taken to be a publication of the material.

      (4) A person must not print or publish any material that is forbidden to be published under subsection (1) or (2).

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.



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