EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 19J

EVIDENCE ACT 1906 - SECT 19J

19J .         Ancillary orders

                Without limiting any action the court may take to limit the possible harm, or extent of the harm, likely to be caused by the disclosure of evidence of, or the contents of a document recording, a protected communication, the court may —

            (a)         order that all or part of the evidence be heard or document produced in camera; and

            (b)         make any orders relating to the production, inspection, copying or reproduction of the document that, in the opinion of the court, are necessary to protect the safety and welfare of any protected person; and

            (c)         make any orders relating to the suppression of publication of all or part of the evidence given before the court that, in its opinion, are necessary to protect the safety and welfare of any protected person; and

            (d)         make any orders relating to disclosure of identity information that would tend to identify any protected person that, in the opinion of the court, are necessary to protect the safety and welfare of any protected person.

        [Section 19J inserted: No. 46 of 2004 s. 10.]