Section 454 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Criminal Justice Act 1985 amended

454 Criminal Justice Act 1985 amended (1) The Criminal Justice Act 1985 is hereby amended by inserting, after section 139 , the following section: “ 139A Protection of identity of children called as witnesses in criminal proceedings “ (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, no person shall publish, in any report of any criminal proceedings in any Court, the name of any person under the age of 17 years who is called as a witness in those proceedings or any particulars likely to lead to the identification of that person. “ (2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section prevents the publication of the name of the defendant or the nature of the charge. “ (3) Every person who acts in contravention of subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction,— “ (a) In the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $1,000: “ (b) In the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $5,000. “ Compare: 1974 No 72 s 97 ” (2) The Criminal Justice Act 1985 is hereby amended by inserting, after section 142 , the following section: “ 142A Detention of children or young persons serving sentence of imprisonment “ (1) Notwithstanding anything in the Penal Institutions Act 1954, any child or young person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment may be detained under that sentence not only in accordance with the Penal Institutions Act 1954 but also in any residence for the time being approved by the Director-General of Social Welfare and the Secretary. “ (2) The provisions of the Penal Institutions Act 1954 and this Act shall continue to apply, with such modifications as are necessary, to any such child or young person who is detained for the time being in any such residence. “ (3) For the purposes of this section the terms child , young person , and residence have the same meanings as they have in the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989. ” Compare: 1974 No 72 s 103A; 1977 No 126 s 18