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Section 111, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024
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(1) A committal proceeding under section 110, shall notbe held in an open or public Court and the Court shall, if the
Magistrate thinks that the ends of justice will be served by so doing,
order that a person shall not have access to, or be, or remain in the
room or place where the committal proceedings are held without the
express permission of the Court.
(2) Reporting or publication of committal proceedings is
prohibited except to the following extent -
(a) the identity of the Court and the name of the
Magistrate conducting the proceedings;
(b) the names, addresses and occupation of the
parties and witnesses and the ages of the
defendant and witnesses but where the
offence charged is one of a sexual nature, the
names and addresses of the parties shall be
excluded;
(c) the offence with which the defendant is
charged or a summary thereof;
(d) the names of counsel and solicitors engaged
in the proceedings;
(e) any decision of the Court to commit the
defendant or any of the defendants for trial
or otherwise;
(f) the Court to which and the charge on which
the defendant is committed or a summary of
the charge, where the Court so commits the
defendant for trial;
(g) the date and place to which the proceedings
are adjourned, in the event of an
adjournment; and
(h) any decision as to the defendant being
admitted to bail or being remanded in custody.
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