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C-26 - Professional Code

Section 142
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142. Every hearing shall be public.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the disciplinary council 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 general interest or in the interest of public order, in particular to preserve professional secrecy or to protect a person’s privacy or reputation.
Every person who, by performing 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. 137; 1986, c. 95, s. 72; 1994, c. 40, s. 124; 2008, c. 11, s. 1, s. 106.
142. Every hearing shall be public.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the committee on discipline may, of its own initiative or upon request, order that a hearing be held in camera or ban access to or the publication or release of any information or document it indicates, in the general interest or in the interest of public order, in particular to preserve professional secrecy or to protect a person’s privacy or reputation.
Every person who, by performing or omitting to perform an act, infringes an order to hold a hearing in camera or an order banning access, publication or release is guilty of contempt of court.
1973, c. 43, s. 137; 1986, c. 95, s. 72; 1994, c. 40, s. 124.
142. Every hearing shall be public.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the committee on discipline 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 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. 137; 1986, c. 95, s. 72.
142. Every hearing shall be held in camera, unless the committee, at the request of the respondent, considers that it is in the public interest that it not be held in this manner.
1973, c. 43, s. 137.
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