Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975
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5 Evidence for trial of extra-territorial offences.
(1) Schedule 4 to this Act, which deals with the examination of witnesses out of court for the purpose of assisting courts in the Republic of Ireland, and in Northern Ireland, in dealing with extra-territorial offences under the law of those countries, shall have effect. (2) A court (in Northern Ireland) before which proceedings in connection with an extra-territorial offence are being heard may direct that the name and address of any person whose evidence, whether oral or in writing, is tendered to the court shall not be disclosed to any person other than— (a) the members of the court and its officers, (b) the parties to the proceedings and their counsel and solicitors, and (c) where the court considers it required in the interests of justice, any other person whom the court specifies in the direction, or in any subsequent direction. (3) A person who contravenes a direction under subsection (2) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200level 4 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
5 Evidence for trial of extra-territorial offences.
(1) Schedule 4 to this Act, which deals with the examination of witnesses out of court for the purpose of assisting courts in the Republic of Ireland, and in Northern Ireland, in dealing with extra-territorial offences under the law of those countries, shall have effect. (2) A court (in Northern Ireland) before which proceedings in connection with an extra-territorial offence are being heard may direct that the name and address of any person whose evidence, whether oral or in writing, is tendered to the court shall not be disclosed to any person other than— (a) the members of the court and its officers, (b) the parties to the proceedings and their counsel and solicitors, and (c) where the court considers it required in the interests of justice, any other person whom the court specifies in the direction, or in any subsequent direction. (3) A person who contravenes a direction under subsection (2) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200level 4 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
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