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MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 100 

1945 c.19

100.(1) The proprietor, editor or publisher of a newspaper or periodical shall
not print or publish therein, or cause or procure to be printed or published
therein, in relation to any domestic proceedings, any particulars other than
the following, that is to say:

(a)the names, addresses, and occupations of the parties and witnesses;

(b)the grounds of the application, and a concise statement of the charges,
defences and countercharges in support of which evidence has been given;

(c)submissions of any point of law arising in the course of the proceedings
and decisions of the court thereon; and

(d)the decisions of the court, and any observations made by the court in
giving its decision.

(2) If any person acts in contravention of the provisions of this section he
shall be liable on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding four months or to a fine not exceeding
one hundred pounds, or to both such imprisonment and such fine.

(3) A prosecution for an offence under this section shall not be instituted
otherwise than by or with the consent of the Attorney-General.

(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to the printing or publishing of any
matter in any newspaper or periodical of a technical character bona fide
intended for circulation among members of the legal or medical profession.

1949 c.1

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