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WILLS ACT 1970 - SECT 47

47 .         Protection of privacy of persons to whom applications relate

        (1)         In proceedings under section 40, the Court may do any or all of the following, either on its own initiative or on the application of a party to the proceedings —

            (a)         order that the whole or any part of the proceedings be heard in closed court;

            (b)         order that only persons or classes of persons specified by the Court may be present during the whole or any part of the proceedings;

            (c)         make an order prohibiting the publication of a report of —

                  (i)         the whole or any part of the proceedings; or

                  (ii)         any information derived from or relating to the proceedings,

                including any order made by the Court.

        (2)         Instead of making an order described in subsection (1)(c), the Court may make such an order but with exceptions allowing the publication, in the manner or to the persons specified in the order, of particulars or information, or particulars or information of a kind, so specified.

        [Section 47 inserted: No. 27 of 2007 s. 24.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 27 of 2007 s. 24.]



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