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Part IV · Courts for Children

15. Restrictions on media reporting and publication

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(1)

Notwithstanding any written law to the contrary, any mass media report regarding—

(a)

any step taken against a child concerned or purportedly concerned in any criminal act or omission, be it during the investigation or at the pre-trial, trial or post-trial stage;

(b)

any child in respect of whom custody is taken under Parts

V, VI and VIII;

(ba)

any child who is detained under Part VII;

(c)

any child in respect of whom any offence under any written law has been or is suspected to have been committed;

or

(d)

any proceedings under Part VI, shall not reveal the name, address or educational institution, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the identification of any child so concerned either as being the person against or in respect of whom action is taken or as being a witness to the action.

(2)

A picture of—

(a)

any child concerned in any of the matters mentioned in subsection (1); or

(b)

any other person, place or thing which may lead to the identification of any child so concerned, shall not be published in any newspaper or magazine or transmitted through any electronic medium.

(3)

The Court For Children or, in urgent cases, a Magistrate—

(a)

may, if the Court For Children or Magistrate is satisfied that it is in the interest of justice to do so; and

(b)

shall, in the case of an application by or with the authority of a Protector,

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dispense with the requirements of this section to such an extent as the Court or Magistrate may deem expedient.

(4)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

(5)

For the purposes of this section, “transmit” includes broadcast by radio or television.

Report

Part V

Children in Need of Care and Protection

Chapter 1

Chapter

Temporary Custody and Medical Examination and Treatment

Chapter

Offences in Relation to the Health and Welfare of Children

Chapter

Notification on Taking a Child Into Care, Custody or Control

Part VI

Children in Need of Protection and Rehabilitation

Part VII

Beyond Control

Part VIII

Trafficking in and Abduction of Children

Part IX

Institutions

Chapter 5

Chapter

Special Provisions in Relation to Places of Safety, Places of Refuge, Approved Schools and Henry Gurney Schools

Chapter 7

Part X

Criminal Procedure in Court for Children

Part XI

In the Care of Fit and Proper Person

Part XII

Contribution Orders

Part XIII

Part XIV

Part XV

Savings and Transitional Provisions

Schedules