36Proceedings on hearing to be conducted in public

### 36 Proceedings on hearing to be conducted in public > > (1)  If proceedings before the Court are to be determined by holding a hearing, the hearing is to be open to the public. > > > (2)  However, if the Court is satisfied that it is desirable to do so by reason of the confidential nature of any evidence or matter or for any other reason, it may (of its own motion or on the application of a party) make any one or more of the following orders: > > > > > > (a) an order that the hearing be conducted wholly or partly in private; > > > > > > > (b) an order prohibiting or restricting – > > > > > > > > > > (i) the disclosure of the name, address, picture or any other material that identifies, or may lead to the identification of, any person (whether or not a party to proceedings before the Court or a witness summoned by, or appearing before, the Court); or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) the doing of any other thing that identifies, or may lead to the identification of, any such person; > > > > > > > (c) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication or broadcast of any report of proceedings before the Court; > > > > > > > (d) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence given before the Court, whether in public or in private, or of matters contained in documents lodged with the Court or received in evidence by the Court; > > > > > > > (e) an order prohibiting or restricting the disclosure to some or all of the parties to the proceedings of evidence given before the Court, or of the contents of a document lodged with the Court or received in evidence by the Court, in relation to the proceedings. > > > (3)  The Court may from time to time vary or revoke an order made under [subsection (2)](#GS36@Gs2@EN) .