FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 No. 53 of 1975 - SECT. 121.
Restriction on publication of evidence.
SECT
121. (1) A person shall not print or publish- (a) any statement or report that proceedings have been instituted in the Family Court or in another court exercising jurisdiction under this Act; or (b) any account of evidence in proceedings instituted in the Family Court or in another court having jurisdiction under this Act, or any other account or particulars of any such proceedings. (2) A person who contravenes sub-section (1) is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction-
(a) in the case of a first offence, or a second or subsequent offence prosecuted summarily-by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months; and (b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, being an offence prosecuted on indictment-by a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 1 year. (3) Any offence against this section may be prosecuted summarily, and a second or subsequent offence by a person against this section may be prosecuted summarily or on indictment.
(4) Proceedings for an offence against this section shall not be commenced except by, or with the written consent of, the Attorney-General.
(5) The preceding provisions of this section do not apply to or in relation to-
(a) the printing of any pleading, transcript of evidence or other document for use in connexion with proceedings in any court or the communication of any such document to persons concerned in the proceedings; (b) the printing or publishing of a notice or report in pursuance of the direction of a court; (c) the printing or publishing of law court lists; or (d) the printing or publishing of any publication bona fide intended primarily for the use of members of the legal or medical profession, being- (i) a separate volume or part of a series of law reports; or (ii) any other publication of a technical character. (6) In this section, ''court'' includes an officer of a court investigating a matter in accordance with the regulations.