Property and Stock Agents Act 2002
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140 Court to be closed
140 Court to be closed
(1) Before commencing to hear an application for the appointment of a receiver, the Supreme Court may order from the precincts of the Court any person who is not—
(a) an officer of the Court, or
(b) a party, a legal representative of a party or a clerk of such a legal representative, or
(c) a member of the same firm of licensees as the respondent, or
(d) a person who is in the course of giving evidence, or
(e) an authorised officer, or
(f) a person permitted by the Court to be present in the interests of justice.
(2) The Supreme Court may, whether or not at the instance of a party, prohibit the publication of any report relating to the evidence or other proceedings or of any order made on the hearing of an application for the appointment of a receiver.