JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS REPORTS ACT 1958

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title and commencement  
• 2 Repeal  

PART 2--RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON CERTAIN PUBLICATIONS

• 3 Restriction on publication of reports of judicial proceedings  
• 4 Prohibition of reporting of names  
• 4A Publication between 16 April 1991 and commencement of this section not an offence in certain circumstances  

PART 3--VICTIM PRIVACY ORDERS

• 4C Definitions for this Part  
• 4D Applying for a victim privacy order  
• 4E Notifications to relevant news media organisations  
• 4F Court may make victim privacy order  
• 4G Orders to be on basis of evidence or sufficient credible information  
• 4H Duration of victim privacy orders  
• 4I Application for extension of victim privacy orders  
• 4J Court may extend victim privacy order  
• 4K Scope and effect of victim privacy order  
• 4L Interim victim privacy orders  
• 4M Where a victim privacy order or interim victim privacy order applies  
• 4N Disclosure of certain information not prevented  
• 4O Statement of reasons for making or extending a victim privacy order  
• 4P Review of victim privacy orders or interim victim privacy orders  
• 4Q Offence to contravene victim privacy order or interim victim privacy order  
• 4R Other laws prohibiting or restricting publication not limited or otherwise affected  
• 4S Limitation on applications under this Part where suppression orders under the Open Courts Act 2013 or other prohibitions in force  

PART 4--GENERAL

• 5 Regulations  
• SCHEDULE
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