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CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 154
Restriction about records and access to covert search warrant applications
154 Restriction about records and access to covert search warrant applications
(1) Despite the Recording of Evidence Act 1962 , a transcript of an
application for a covert search warrant or an extension of a covert search
warrant and any order made on the application must not be made.
(2) A person
must not publish a report of a proceeding on an application for a covert
search warrant or an extension of a covert search warrant. Penalty—
Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
(3) A person
is not entitled to search information in the custody of the Supreme Court in
relation to an application for a covert search warrant, unless a Supreme Court
judge otherwise orders in the interests of justice.
(4) Nothing in this
section prevents a person who was present at a proceeding on an application
for a covert search warrant or an extension of a covert search warrant from
giving oral evidence to a court about things that happened at the proceeding.
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