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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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