C-25.1 - Code of Penal Procedure

Section 194.1 Disposition versions

1995-09-01

194.1. No person shall publish or broadcast information allowing the identification of a person under 18 years of age against whom proceedings are brought or who is a witness in proceedings, except to the extent that communication of the information is necessary for the administration of justice or for the purposes of any Act in Québec and provided, in the latter case, that the information is not disclosed to the public.

Furthermore, the judge may, in a special case, prohibit or restrict, on the conditions he fixes, the publication or broadcast of information relating to court proceedings brought against a person under 18 years of age.

Any person who contravenes a provision of the first paragraph is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than $625 nor more than $5,000.

1995, c. 42, s. 52.