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PUBLIC HEALTH (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 2015 (NO. 4 OF 2015) - SECT 24

Section 62 amended (Prohibition and restriction on publication)

Section 62 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by inserting in subsection (1) ", or on the application of a person under subsection (2) ," after "motion" ;
(b) by inserting in subsection (1) ", or a witness in respect of the proceedings," after "to the proceedings" ;
(c) by omitting from subsection (2) "or a party to" and substituting ", or a party to or witness in respect of," ;
(d) by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:
(3)  In any proceedings relating to a notifiable disease, a court, of its own motion or on the application of a person under subsection (4) , may make an order closing the court if satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.
(4)  The Director, or a party to, or witness in respect of, any proceedings may apply to a court for an order referred to in subsection (3) .



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