Section 20G Offence of disclosing jury's deliberations: exceptions for soliciting disclosures or obtaining informationF1
(1)
It is not an offence under section 20D to solicit a disclosure described in section 20E(1) to (4) or section 20F(1) to (9).
(2)
It is not an offence under section 20D to obtain information—
(a)
by means of a disclosure described in section 20E(1) to (4) or section 20F(1) to (9), or
(b)
from a document that is available to the public or a section of the public.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Ss. 20D-20G inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 74(1), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 59 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(a))