C-26 - Professional Code

Section 173 Disposition versions

2008-10-15

173. Every hearing shall be public.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the tribunal may, of its own initiative or upon request, order that a hearing be held in camera or ban the disclosure, publication or release of any information or document it indicates, in the interest of morality or public order, in particular to preserve professional secrecy or to protect a person’s privacy or reputation.

Every person who, by performing an act or omitting to perform an act, infringes an order to hold a hearing in camera or an order banning disclosure, publication or release is guilty of contempt of court.

1973, c. 43, s. 168; 1986, c. 95, s. 76; 2008, c. 11, s. 123.

1999-04-01

173. Every hearing shall be public.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the tribunal may, of its own initiative or upon request, order that a hearing be held in camera or ban the publication or release of any information or document it indicates, in the interest of morality or public order, in particular to preserve professional secrecy or to protect a person’s privacy or reputation.

Every person who, by performing an act or omitting to perform an act, infringes an order to hold a hearing in camera or an order banning publication or release is guilty of contempt of court.

1973, c. 43, s. 168; 1986, c. 95, s. 76.

1977-12-31

173. Every hearing shall be held in camera, unless the tribunal decides, at the request of the respondent in first instance, that it is in the public interest that it not be held in this manner.

1973, c. 43, s. 168.