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Contempt
of court
Restriction
on photography
The
Criminal Justice Act 1925, section 41, prohibits the taking of
any photograph, or making any portrait or sketch, in court
with a view to publication. It also prohibits publication of
any such photograph, portrait, or sketch.
It specifies that this applies to any photograph taken
of anyone entering or leaving the court or its precincts.
'Precincts' is not defined in the Act and thus causes many
practical difficulties. A judge may treat the taking of
photogaphs as contempt of court at common law.
Although
the 1925 Act says it is an offence for an artist to make a
sketch for publication whilst in court, it does not mean an
artist sitting in court cannot sketch
the scene from memory later on.
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