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287 PDFTitle:JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (REGULATION OF REPORTS) ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 362 of 1997
Section:3Heading:Restriction on publication of reports of judicial proceedingsVersion Date:01/07/1997

(1) It shall not be lawful to print or publish, or cause or procure to be printed or published-

        (a) (Repealed 68 of 1995 s. 6)
        (b) in relation to any judicial proceedings for dissolution of marriage, for nullity of marriage, or for judicial separation, any particulars other than the following, that is to say- (Amended 80 of 1997 s. 85)
          (i) the names, addresses and occupations of the parties and witnesses;
          (ii) a concise statement of the charges, defences and counter-charges in support of which evidence has been given;
          (iii) submissions on any point of law arising in the course of the proceedings, and the decision of the court thereon;
          (iv) the summing-up of the judge and the finding of the jury (if any) and the judgment of the court and observations made by the in giving judgment. (Amended 68 of 1995 s. 6)
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of eight thousand dollars and to imprisonment for four months:
Provided that no person, other than a proprietor, editor, master printer or publisher, shall be liable to be convicted under this section.
(3) A prosecution under this section shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Secretary for Justice. (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)
(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to the printing of any pleading, transcript of evidence or other document for use in connection with any judicial proceedings or the communication thereof to persons concerned in the proceedings, or to the printing or publishing of any notice or report in pursuance of the directions of the court; or to the printing or publishing of any matter in any separate volume or part of any bona fide series of law reports which does not form part of any other publication and consists solely of reports of proceedings in courts of law, or in any publication of a technical character bona fide intended for circulation among members of the legal or medical profession.
(Amended 14 of 1973 s. 2)