Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 21J

21J Orders to protect operative’s identity etc.

(1) The court with which a witness identity protection certificate is filed may make any order it considers necessary or desirable—

(a) to protect the identity of the operative for whom the certificate is given; or

(b) to prevent the disclosure of where the operative lives.

Examples of orders—

• an order prohibiting sketching of the operative

• an order that the operative give evidence in the absence of the public

(2) A person commits an offence if—

(a) the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, an order has been made under subsection (1) ; and

(b) the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly contravenes the order.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.

(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the court’s power to punish for contempt.