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s.34
Publication of, and comments on, proceedings of board of inquiry
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall be liable to any civil or criminal proceedings by reason of his publishing a fair and accurate report or summary of any evidence received in proceedings before a board of inquiry. (2) No person shall— (a) publish or otherwise disclose any evidence received in proceedings held in private; (b) publish or otherwise disclose any evidence received in proceedings held in public the publication or disclosure of which a board of inquiry has prohibited; (c) publish any comment on any proceedings, or on any evidence received in proceedings, before a board of inquiry until the report of the board of inquiry is published under section 23(4) . (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.