Section 8
of Women and Girls Protection Act
Section 8
(1)
When any person is charged with or convicted of Trials in having committed any offence against this Act or sectioA ~:~:r: ~~ses 354 or 375, or section 354 and 511 or section 375 and 511 of cap.
the Penal Code in respect of any woman or girl, the Court:
(a)
conducting a preliminary inquiry; or
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(b)
trying such offence; or
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(d)
hearing any point reserved by a judge of the
High Court or by a magistrate;
may order that all proceedings before it shall be dealt with in camera.
(2)
Whenever any such order is made, the Court shall not be deemed an open Court, and the Court shall order that no person shall have access to or remain in such
Court except such persons as are necessary for the purposes of the proceedings.
(3)
The Court shall order proceedings before it to be dealt with in camera in any case where the girl in respect of whom an offence under this Act, or under sections 354 or 375, or sections 354 and 511, or sections 375 and 511 of the
Penal Code is alleged to have been committed has not attained the age of 16 years.
( 4) No newspaper report of any proceedings under this section in any court shall reveal the name or address, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the identifica-tion of any woman or girl in respect of whom the offence is alleged to be committed, nor shall any picture be published in any newspaper as being or including a picture of any such woman or girl.
(5)
Any person who publishes any matter in con-travention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for 3 years and to a fine of $10,000.