49 Restrictions on newspaper reports of proceedings in juvenile courts. E+W
(1)Subject as hereinafter provided, no newspaper report of any proceedings in a juvenile court shall reveal the name, address or school, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the identification, of any child or young person concerned in those proceedings, either as being the person against or in respect of whom the proceedings are taken or as being a witness therein, nor shall any picture be published in any newspaper as being or including a picture of any child or young person so concerned in any such proceedings as aforesaid:
Provided that the court or the Secretary of State may in any case, if satisfied that it is [F1appropriate to do so for the purpose of avoiding injustice to a child or young person], by order dispense with the requirements of this section [F2in relation to him] to such extent as may be specified in the order.
(2)Any person who publishes any matter in contravention of this section shall on summary conviction be liable in respect of each offence to a fine not exceeding [F3level 5 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), s. 10(1)(c)
F2Words inserted by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), s. 10(1)(c)
F3Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 49 extended with modifications by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), s. 57(1), Sch. 5 para. 4(3)
C2S. 49 extended by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 57(2)
C3S. 49(1) extended by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), s. 10(1)(2)