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Act index » Chapter 5 - Trial on indictment » Part 5.5 - Pre-trial procedure » Division 5 - Procedure for pre-trial hearing about presumption against criminal responsibility
206G Court may make suppression order
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(1)In a pre-trial hearing of the issue of whether the presumption against criminal responsibility is rebutted, the court, if satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, may order that any of the following must not be published except in the manner and to the extent (if any) specified in the order—
(a)a report of the whole or any part of the hearing;
(b)evidence given in the pre-trial hearing;
(c)the content of any report or other document put before the court in the pre-trial hearing;
(d)information that might enable an accused or any person who has appeared or given evidence in the pre-trial hearing to be identified.
(2)An order under this section may be made—
(a)on the application of a party or on the court's own motion; and
(b)at any time, including at the time an order is made under section 206A(1).
(3)A person must not publish or cause to be published any material in contravention of an order under this section.
Penalty: in the case of an individual, Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum); in the case of a body corporate, 3000 penalty units.