Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) Unless authorised to do so by the court under section 278, a person must not publish or cause to be published—
(a) any evidence given in a proceeding before a court under this Act; or
(b) the content of any report or other document put before a court in a proceeding under this Act; or
(c) any information that is submitted under this Act to a court that might enable a person (other than the offender) who has attended or given evidence in a proceeding to be identified; or
(d) any information submitted under this Act to a court that might enable a victim of a serious sex offence or a serious violence offence committed by the offender to be identified.
Penalty: 600 penalty units in the case of a body corporate;
120 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both in any other case.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a police officer may publish the identity and location of an offender—
(a) to the Australian Crime Commission (by whatever name described) established by the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 of the Commonwealth, for entry on the Australian National Child Offender Register; or
(b) in the course of law enforcement functions; or
(c) in the execution of a warrant referred to in section 173 or the arrest or apprehension of an offender under section 155 or 173.
(3) Despite subsection (1), a person or body that engages in journalism may publish the identity and location of an offender if the information is published—
(a) at the request of a police officer who disclosed that information; and
(b) for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) or (2)(c).