Section 278.95 — Criminal Code: Publication prohibited
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A person shall not publish in any document, or broadcast or transmit in any way, any of the following: the contents of an application made under subsection 278.93; any evidence taken, the information given and the representations made at an application under section 278.93 or at a hearing under section 278.94; the decision of a judge or justice under subsection 278.93(4), unless the judge or justice, after taking into account the complainant’s right of privacy and the interests of justice, orders that the decision may be published, broadcast or transmitted; and the determination made and the reasons provided under subsection 278.94(4), unless that determination is that evidence is admissible, or the judge or justice, after taking into account the complainant’s right of privacy and the interests of justice, orders that the determination and reasons may be published, broadcast or transmitted. Every person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
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