(1)  A person must not publish –

(a) any information given or produced in evidence before the Court in preliminary proceedings; or

(b) an account of the preliminary proceedings; or

(c) any information relating to preliminary proceedings –

unless the Court allows the publication of such information or such an account.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 24 months, or both.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to the publication of information, or an account, by the prosecutor or the defendant to another person if the publication is necessary for the prosecutor or defendant to effectively conduct his or her case in relation to the prosecution of the offence to which the preliminary proceedings related.

(3)  If a provision of any other Act is inconsistent with subsection (1) , subsection (1) prevails unless that other Act specifically provides otherwise.