Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Witness Protection Act, 1998 (Act No. 112 of 1998)18. Publication of information concerning protected person |
Notwithstanding any other law, the presiding officer—
| (a) | at any proceedings or at civil proceedings in which the protected person is a party or a witness; or |
| (b) | at proceedings, other than the proceedings referred to in the definition of "proceedings" in section 1, instituted or conducted in terms of any law, in which the protected person is a party or a witness and in respect of which he or she is in terms of any law compellable to answer questions or to give evidence or to produce any book, record, document or object in his or her possession or under his or her control in such proceedings, |
must make an order prohibiting the publication of any information, including any drawing, picture, illustration, painting, photograph, whether produced through or by means of computer software on a screen or a computer print-out as contemplated in the Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996), or not, pamphlet, poster or other printed matter, which may disclose—
| (i) | the place of safety or location where he or she is or has been under protection or where he or she has been relocated in terms of this Act; |
| (ii) | the circumstances relating to his or her protection; |
| (iii) | the identity of any other protected person and the place of safety or location where such person is being protected; or |
| (iv) | the relocation or change of identity of a protected person, |
unless the Director satisfies the presiding officer concerned that exceptional circumstances, which are in the interest of justice, exist why such an order should not be made.
