Indictable offence—communication to the public of list of court etc. proceedings that refers to names of parties
(1) A person commits an indictable offence if the person communicates to the public a list of proceedings, identified by reference to the names of the parties to the proceedings, that are to be dealt with by any of the following under this Act: (a) a court; (b) an officer of a court investigating or dealing with a matter in accordance with this Act, the regulations or the applicable Rules of Court; (c) a tribunal established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory. Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if: (a) the communication is the publication, by the court, officer or tribunal, of a list of proceedings the court, officer or tribunal is to deal with; or (b) the communication is: (i) in accordance with a direction of a court or otherwise approved by a court; or (ii) in accordance with the applicable Rules of Court. Example: For the purposes of paragraph (a), a list of proceedings a court is to deal with that is published by the court at the court’s premises. Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
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