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24 :(b) parties to the case before the Court, their solicitors and counsel and witnesses and other persons directly concerned in that case;
 * (c) bona fide representatives of newspapers or news agencies; and
 * (d) such other persons as the Court may specially authorise to be present.

Restriction on newspaper reports of proceedings in Juvenile Courts

35.—(1) No newspaper report of any proceedings in a Juvenile Court shall reveal the name, address or school, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the identification of any child or young person concerned in those proceedings, either as being the person against, or in respect of whom, the proceedings are taken, or as being a witness therein, nor shall any picture be published in any newspaper as being or including a picture of any child or young person so concerned in any such proceedings except that the Court or the Minister may in any case, if satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to do so, by order dispense with the requirements of this section to such extent as may be specified in the order.

(2) Any person who publishes any matter in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

Removal of disqualification or disability on conviction

36. A conviction or finding of guilt of a child or young person shall be disregarded for the purposes of any Act under which any disqualification or disability is imposed upon convicted persons.

Restrictions on punishment of children and young persons

37.—(1) A child shall not be sentenced or ordered to be imprisoned for any offence or be committed to prison in default of payment of a fine or costs.

(2) A young person shall not be ordered to be imprisoned for an offence, or be committed to prison in default of a fine, damages or