Clause 138

When any person is charged with or convicted of having committed any offence under this Part of this Ordinance, or under section 354 or 376, or sections 354 and 511, or sections 376 and 511 of the Penal Code (Cap. 119) in respect of any woman or girl, the court conducting a preliminary inquiry into, or trying such offence, or hearing any appeal or special case or any point reserved by a Judge of the High Court in relation to such offence, may order that all proceedings before it shall be dealt with in camera.

Whenever any such order is made the court shall not be deemed an open court, and the court shall order that no person shall have access to or be or remain in such court except such persons as are necessary for the purpose of the proceedings.

The court shall order proceedings before it to be dealt with in camera in any case where the girl in respect of whom an offence under this Part of this Ordinance, or under section 354 or 376, or sections 354 and 511, or sections 376 and 511 of the Penal Code is alleged to have been committed has not attained the age of sixteen years.

No newspaper report of any proceedings under this Part of this Ordinance in any court shall reveal the name or address, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the identification of any woman or girl in respect of whom the offence is alleged to be committed, nor shall any picture be published in any newspaper as being or including a picture of any such woman or girl.

Any person who publishes any matter in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to both such imprisonment and fine.