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SUPREME COURT ACT 1986 - SECT 20

Offence to publish certain information concerning proceedings

A person must not, in the course of a business of publishing information concerning debtors, publish or cause to be published in any newspaper, gazette, journal, periodical circular, newsletter, letter or like document information concerning the commencement of a proceeding for debt so as to identify the defendant before judgment is given in the proceeding.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

Note to s. 20 inserted by No. 58/2013 s. 55.

Note

The Open Courts Act 2013 governs suppression orders and closed court orders generally in relation to the Court.

S. 20A inserted by No. 109/1994 s. 21.



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