Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017
Exclusion of public from hearings of proceedings under Act of 1908
29. (1) In any proceedings for an offence under the Act of 1908, the judge or the court, as the case may be, shall exclude from the court during the hearing all persons except officers of the court, persons directly concerned in the proceedings, bona fide representatives of the press and such other persons (if any) as the judge or the court, as the case may be, may, in his, her or its discretion, permit to remain.
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Annotations
Amendments:
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Repealed (31.08.2024) by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024 (28/2024), s. 18(3)(b), S.I. 391 of 2024, subject to retrospective application in s. 19.
Modifications (not altering text):
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Repeal applied with retrospective effect (31.08.2024) by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024 (28/2024), s. 19, S.I. 391 of 2024.
Retrospective application of repeals
19. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the repeals effected by subsection (1) of section 18 and paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of that section shall apply in respect of a relevant offence committed before the date of the coming into operation of this Chapter, including a relevant offence in respect of which proceedings had commenced before that date.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of a relevant offence committed prior to the date of the coming into operation of this Chapter where final judgment was given before that date in the proceedings in respect of the relevant offence.
(3) In this section “relevant offence” means—
(a) an offence to which section 2(5) or 3A(5) of the Act of 2006 applied, immediately before their repeal by section 18(1), or
(b) an offence to which section 22(5) of the Act of 2017 applied, immediately before its repeal by section 18(3)(a).