EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 11A
EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 11A
11A . Judge may restrict publication of evidence where s. 11 certificate given
(1) Where in a
proceeding a judge gives to a person a certificate under section 11(2) in
respect of any evidence and the judge considers that publication of a report
of the evidence or of the giving of the certificate may tend to prejudice any
prosecution that has been or may be brought against the person, the judge may
make an order prohibiting publication of a report of or relating to the
evidence, or any part of the evidence, and may extend the order to include a
report of the fact that the certificate was granted.
(2) A person who fails
to comply with an order made under subsection (1) commits a contempt of the
Supreme Court and is punishable accordingly by that court.
(3) Where a body
corporate fails to comply with an order made under subsection (1) and it is
proved that the failure occurred with the consent, connivance, or authority of
any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, or of
any member of the managing body of the body corporate, or of any person who
was purporting to act in any such capacity, he or she as well as the body
corporate commits the contempt and is punishable under subsection (2).
[Section 11A inserted: No. 47 of 1990 s. 5.]