Exceptions to proceedings held in open court
111(1)All proceedings before a judge under this Act that a defendant is required to attend shall be held in open court.
111(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a judge is of the opinion that it would be in the interests of public morals, the maintenance of order, the proper administration of justice or the protection of the reputation of a minor, the judge may
(a)
order the exclusion of the public or any member of the public from the court room for all or part of the proceedings, or
(b)
order the removal of a person whose influence might affect the testimony of a witness.
111(3)Where a judge considers it necessary to do so to protect the reputation of a minor, the judge may make an order prohibiting the publication or broadcast by any means or medium of
(a)
the identity of the minor, or
(b)
the evidence or any part of the evidence taken during the proceedings in which the name of the minor or any information serving to identify the minor is disclosed.
111(4)Nothing in this section limits the powers of a judge under section 21 of the
Provincial Court Act.
1990, c.18, s.59; 2013, c.45, s.3