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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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