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County Court Act 1958
80APublishing particulars of issued summonses an offence
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80A Publishing particulars of issued summonses an offence
Any person who, in the course of a business of publishing information with respect to debtors, publishes or causes to be published in any newspaper, gazette, journal, periodical circular, newsletter, letter, or like document information with respect to the commencement of proceedings for debts or liquidated demands so as to identify defendants thereto before judgments are entered against them for the amounts claimed or any part thereof shall be guilty of an offence.
1. 5 penalty units.
Note to s. 80A inserted by No. 58/2013 s. 46.
The **Open Courts Act 2013** governs suppression orders and closed court orders generally in relation to the court.
No. 6117 s. 81.
S. 81 amended by Nos 7705 s. 9(s), 46/1987 s. 6, 19/1989 s. 14(d)(i)–(iii)(e), 8/1991 s. 19(2), repealed by No. 10/1999 s. 28(2).
No. 6117 s. 82.