69AProhibition on publishing preliminary proceedings

### 69A Prohibition on publishing preliminary proceedings > *\[Section 69A Inserted by No. 33 of 1963, s. 8 \]**\[Section 69A Amended by No. 108 of 1974, s. 21 \]**\[Section 69A Substituted by No. 41 of 1991, s. 6 \]*[*\[Section 69A Subsection (2) amended by No. 69 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:15 Dec 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-12-15/act-2003-069#JS1@Ja7@GC2@Hpa@EN) *\[Section 69A Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 1995, s. 7 \]*[*\[Section 69A Subsection (2A) amended by No. 69 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:15 Dec 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-12-15/act-2003-069#JS1@Ja7@GC2@Hpb@EN) *\[Section 69A Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 38 of 1995, s. 7 \]*[*\[Section 69A Subsection (2B) amended by No. 69 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:15 Dec 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-12-15/act-2003-069#JS1@Ja7@GC2@Hpd@EN) [*\[Section 69A Subsection (2B) amended by No. 69 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:15 Dec 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-12-15/act-2003-069#JS1@Ja7@GC2@Hpc@EN) *\[Section 69A Subsection (2B) inserted by No. 38 of 1995, s. 7 \]**\[Section 69A Subsection (5) amended by No. 38 of 1995, s. 7 \]*[*\[Section 69A Repealed by No. 22 of 2007, s. 14, Applied:01 Feb 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-02-01/act-2007-022#GS14@EN) > > > (1)  Unless otherwise permitted by a magistrate or judge, a person must not publish – > > > > > > (a) information given or produced in evidence in preliminary proceedings; or > > > > > > > (b) an account of the preliminary proceedings; or > > > > > > > (c) any information relating to preliminary proceedings. > > > > Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 24 months, or both. > > > (2)  [Subsection (1)](#GS69A@Gs1@EN) does not apply to the publication of information, or an account, if – > > > > > > (a) the prosecutor, or the defendant, publishes the information or account to another person and the publication to that person is necessary for the prosecutor or defendant to effectively conduct his or her case in relation to the prosecution of the offence to which the preliminary proceedings relate; or > > > > > > > (b) the prosecutor publishes the information or account to another person and the publication to that person is necessary in respect of any other criminal proceedings where such matters may be lawfully disclosed. > > > (3)  [Subsection (1)](#GS69A@Gs1@EN) prevails over an inconsistent provision in any other Act, unless the other Act specifically provides otherwise.