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OPEN COURTS ACT 2013 - SECT 23

Offence to contravene proceeding suppression order or interim order

    (1)     A person must not engage in conduct that constitutes a contravention of a proceeding suppression order or an interim order that is in force if that person—

        (a)     knows that the proceeding suppression order or interim order, as the case requires, is in force; or

        (b)     is reckless as to whether a proceeding suppression order or an interim order, as the case requires, is in force.

Penalty:     in the case of an individual, level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum) or 600 penalty units, or both;

in the case of a body corporate, 3000 penalty units.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1), in the absence of evidence to the contrary, a person is taken to be aware that a proceeding suppression order or an interim order is in force if a court or tribunal has electronically transmitted notice of the order to the person.

Part 4—Broad suppression orders



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