# Children and Young Persons Act 1963, Section 57: Newspaper and broadcast reports of proceedings involving children.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In section 39 of the principal Act and in section of the principal Scottish Act (which empower a court to prohibit the publication in newspapers of pictures or matter leading to the identifleation of children and young persons concerned in certain proceedings) the words “which arise out of any offence against, or any conduct contrary to, decency or morality” shall be omitted and for the word “against” in paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words “by or against”.
(2) . . . section 54 of the principal Scottish Act (which restrict newspaper reports of proceedings in youth courts) shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to any proceedings on appeal from a youth court (including . . ., in Scotland, stated case) as they apply in relation to proceedings in a youth court.
(3) Sections 39 and 49 of the principal Act shall extend to Scotland and the said section 46 shall extend to England and Wales, but—
(a) references to a court in the said sections 39 and 49 shall not include a court in Scotland;
(aa) as it extends to Scotland, the said section 39 has effect as if the references to a publication were references to a newspaper; and
(b) references to a court in the said section 46 shall not include a court in England or Wales.
(4) The said sections 39 and 49 and the said sections 46 . . . shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to sound and television broadcasts as they apply in relation to newspapers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/37/section/57 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-1963/section-57
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