New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BAIL ACT 1978 - SECT 36C

36C Certain information not to be published or broadcast

(1) A person must not publish or broadcast:

(a) the fact that a named person (other than the accused person) is specified in a condition imposed on the grant of bail referred to in section 36B (1) (a), or

(b) any information calculated to identify any such person.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the disclosure of information to any of the following persons:

(a) the accused person,

(b) any person specified in the bail agreement as a person with whom the accused person is prohibited or restricted from associating,

(c) any member of the NSW Police Force,

(d) any person involved in the administration of the bail agreement or of any penalty to which the accused person is subject while on release on bail,

(e) any person involved in proceedings for an alleged breach of the bail agreement,

(f) any other person specified in the bail agreement as a person to whom such information may be disclosed,

(g) any other person to whom such information is required to be disclosed pursuant to any other Act or law,

and (in the case of bail granted by a court) does not apply to the publication or broadcasting of an official report of the proceedings of the court.