Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROTECTION ORDERS ACT 2008 (NO. 46 OF 2008) - SECT 111

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person publishes (completely or partly) an account or report of a proceeding on an application for a protection order; and

        (b)     the account or report—

              (i)     identifies a party to the proceeding; or

              (ii)     identifies a person who is related to, or associated with, a party to the proceeding or is, or is claimed to be, in any other way concerned in the matter to which the proceeding relates; or

              (iii)     identifies a witness to the proceeding; or

              (iv)     allows the identity of a person mentioned in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) to be worked out.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

Note     Section 112 contains exceptions to an offence under s (1).

    (2)     In this section:

"publish" means communicate or disseminate information in a way or to an extent that makes it available to, or likely to come to the notice of, the public or a section of the public or anyone else not lawfully entitled to the information.