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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 59

Power to prohibit publication of certain matter in newspapers and broadcasts.

59.(1) In relation to any proceedings in any court, the court may direct that

(a)no report of the proceedings in any newspaper or in any broadcast shall
reveal the name, address, or school, or include any particulars likely to lead
to the identification, of any child or young person concerned in the
proceedings, either as being the person by or against or in respect of whom
the proceedings are taken, or as being a witness therein;

(b)no picture shall be published in any newspaper or in any television
broadcast as being or including a picture of any child or young person so
concerned in the proceedings as aforesaid;

(2) Any person who publishes any matter in contravention of any such direction
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

Power to proceed with case in absence of child or young person.



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