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Restriction on publication of information on place of safety or resident of place of safety

Women’s Charter 1961

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—(1) A person must not, without the Director‑General’s approval, publish or broadcast any information or picture that identifies, or is likely to lead to the identification of —(a)the location of a place of safety; or(b)any resident of a place of safety as a resident of the place of safety.(2) If any information or picture is published or broadcast in contravention of subsection (1) —(a)in the case of the publication of the information or picture as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, every proprietor, editor, publisher or distributor of the newspaper or periodical publication;(b)in the case of the publication of the information or picture otherwise than as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, the person who publishes or distributes the information or picture; or(c)in the case of the broadcast of the information or picture, every person who transmits or provides the programme in which the information or picture is broadcast, and every person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of the editor of a newspaper or periodical publication,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.(3) This section does not apply to any of the following:(a)the publication in the Gazette (in electronic or other form) of any order under section 177;(b)the publication under the Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983 of any revised edition of subsidiary legislation (in electronic or other form) which relates to any order under section 177;(c)the publication of any order under section 177, any revised edition of subsidiary legislation referred to in paragraph (b), or any copy of any such order or revised edition of subsidiary legislation, on —(i)any legislation website maintained by the Government; or(ii)any website licensed by the Government to maintain a collection of subsidiary legislation made under this Act.(4) In this section —“broadcast” means sounds or visual images —(a)broadcast by wireless telegraphy, or by means of a high frequency distribution system over wire or other paths provided by a material substance, and intended for general reception;(b)broadcast through the Internet or any website, web service or Internet application, whether or not intended for general reception; or(c)broadcast through any messaging system;“publish”, in relation to any information or picture, means to bring the information or picture to the notice of the public or a section of the public by any means, including (to avoid doubt) through —(a)the Internet or any website, web service or Internet application; or(b)any messaging system.

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