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Justices Act 1886
sec.102FPublication prohibited
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### sec.102F Publication prohibited
A person shall not allude to the making or existence of a private complaint against any person or to any proceeding taken or to be taken in relation to a private complaint against any person in—
any newspaper, magazine, book, pamphlet, or other paper intended for public distribution; or
any report, commentary or speech broadcast publicly by radio, television or other means; or
any speech delivered publicly;
until it is established that the complaint will not be dismissed on a ground referred to in section 102C (1) .
Maximum penalty—4 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 102FA , to have also committed the offence.
Nothing in subsection (1) shall render any person liable to a penalty on account of the publication of matter referred to therein in a recognised series of law reports.
s 102F prev s 102F ins 1979 No. 2 s 12
om 1979 No. 43 s 2
pres s 102F ins 1979 No. 43 s 3
amd 1992 No. 40 s 62 ; 1993 No. 68 s 12 sch ; 2013 No. 51 ss 82 , 229 sch 1
(sec.102F-ssec.1) A person shall not allude to the making or existence of a private complaint against any person or to any proceeding taken or to be taken in relation to a private complaint against any person in— any newspaper, magazine, book, pamphlet, or other paper intended for public distribution; or any report, commentary or speech broadcast publicly by radio, television or other means; or any speech delivered publicly; until it is established that the complaint will not be dismissed on a ground referred to in section 102C (1) . Maximum penalty—4 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 102FA , to have also committed the offence.
(sec.102F-ssec.3) Nothing in subsection (1) shall render any person liable to a penalty on account of the publication of matter referred to therein in a recognised series of law reports.
- (a) any newspaper, magazine, book, pamphlet, or other paper intended for public distribution; or
- (b) any report, commentary or speech broadcast publicly by radio, television or other means; or
- (c) any speech delivered publicly;