Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012
82Offence to enter closed court
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82 Offence to enter closed court
(1) A person not referred to in section 81(3) who knows or is reckless as to the fact that a hearing is being held in closed court under section 81 must not enter the place where the hearing is being held.
(3) If—
(a) a person is charged with an offence against subsection (1); and
(b) the prosecution proves that a notice was posted in accordance with section 81(4) at the time of the alleged offence—
the person is presumed to have known, or to have been reckless as to the fact, that the hearing was being held in closed court unless the person presents or points to evidence that the person did not know and was not reckless as to that fact.
S. 82(4) repealed by No. 37/2024 s. 103(4).