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shall, in relation to any child concerned in the proceedings, include—
 * (a) the name, address or school of the child,
 * (b) any picture as being, or including, a picture of the child, and
 * (c) any other particulars calculated to lead to the identification of the child.

(3) Any person acting in contravention of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.

(4) No prosecution for an offence under this section shall be begun without the consent of the Attorney General.

(5) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the printing or publishing of any matter in a newspaper or periodical of a technical character bona fide intended for circulation among members of the legal or medical professions.

(6) Until the coming into operation of the Adoption Act 1976 this section shall have effect as if for any reference to that Act there were substituted a reference to the Adoption 1958 c. 5 Act 1958, the Adoption Act 1960 and Part I of the Children Act 1975.

72.—(1) Where in any domestic proceedings in which an order may be made for the payment of money by any person,  or in any proceedings for the enforcement or variation of any such order, a magistrates’ court has requested a probation officer  to investigate the means of the parties to the proceedings, the court may direct the probation officer to report the result of his investigation to the court in accordance with the provisions of this section; but in the case of any such domestic proceedings no direction to report to the court shall be given to a probation officer under this subsection until the court has determined all issues arising in the proceedings other than the amount to be directed to be paid by such an order.

(2) Where the court directs a probation officer under this section to report to the court the result of any such investigation as aforesaid, the court may require him—
 * (a) to furnish to the court a statement in writing about his investigation; or
 * (b) to make an oral statement to the court about his investigation.

(3) Where the court requires a probation officer to furnish a statement in writing under subsection (2) above—
 * (a) a copy of the statement shall be given to each party to the proceedings or to his counsel or solicitor at the hearing; and