37APublication of accounts of certain proceedings

### 37A Publication of accounts of certain proceedings > *\[Section 37A Inserted by No. 108 of 1974, s. 10 \]* > > > (1)  [*\[Section 37A Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 2005, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2006\]*](/view/html/inforce/2006-01-01/act-2005-073#JS4@Ja2@GC1@EN) *\[Section 37A Subsection (1) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]*Notwithstanding anything in the [Defamation Act 2005](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-073) , a person shall not publish or cause or allow to be published an account of the proceedings on an application in respect of bail, except an account giving the fact of the application and stating that an order has been made in respect thereof. > > > > Penalty:  [*\[Section 37A Subsection (1) amended by No. 91 of 2001, s. 7, Applied:05 Dec 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-12-05/act-2001-091#GS7@EN) Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months. > > > (2)  [Subsection (1)](#GS37A@Gs1@EN) does not apply to – > > > > > > (a) a report of proceedings in the Supreme Court or before a judge that is written as a law report; or > > > > > > > (b) the publication of an account of proceedings referred to in that subsection that is published after the final determination of the charge upon which the applicant was then held in custody. > > > (3)  Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, a person who unlawfully publishes or causes or allows to be published an account of proceedings before justices that is forbidden to be published (other than an account to which [subsection (1)](#GS37A@Gs1@EN) applies) is liable to the penalty prescribed by that subsection.