- (d) the names of counsel and solicitors engaged in the proceedings;
- (e) where the hearing is adjourned, the date to which it is adjourned;
- (f) any arrangements as to bail on adjournment;
- (g) whether legal aid was granted to the accused.
(6) If a report is published or broadcast in contravention of this section, the following persons—
- (a) in the case of publication of a written report as part of a newspaper, any proprietor, editor, printer, publisher or distributor thereof;
- (b) in the case of publication of a written report otherwise than as part of a newspaper, the person who publishes or distributes it;
- (c) in the case of a broadcast of a report, any person who transmits or provides the programme in which the report is broadcast and any person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of the editor of a newspaper,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(7) Proceedings for an offence under this section shall not be instituted otherwise than by or with the consent of the Attorney General.
(8) In this section—
“broadcast” means sounds or visual images broadcast by wireless telegraphy or by means of a high frequency distribution system over wires, or other paths provided by a material substance and intended for general reception;
“editor” means the chief editor if there are more editors than one, and includes any person acting as chief editor or performing any of the usual functions of a chief editor;
“newspaper” means any paper or other publication and any supplement thereto available to the general public which—
- (a) contains news, intelligence, occurrences or any remarks, observations or comments in relation to such news, intelligence, or occurrences or to any other matter of public interest; and
- (b) is printed or produced for sale or free distribution and published either periodically (whether half-yearly, quarterly, monthly, fortnightly, weekly, daily or otherwise) or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding 6 months;
“proprietor” includes lessee;
“publish”, in relation to a report, means publish the report, either by itself or as part of a newspaper, for distribution to the public.
Jury
Empanelling of jury. 20. At the conclusion of a preparatory hearing, unless the accused is discharged under section 22, the judge shall order that the jury be empanelled and the trial shall proceed before the judge and jury.
