Bognuda v Hawke's Bay Newspapers Limited and Others - [1963] NZLR 45

Criminal law — Preliminary hearing — Defendant committed for trial — Whether order forbidding publication of evidence may be made after committal — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s. 156.

Defamation — Privilege — Report of preliminary hearing of indictable offence — Order forbidding publication of part of evidence made after defendant committed for trial — Whether order made with jurisdiction — Whether destroying defence of qualified privilege — Whether grounds for making order examinable if jurisdiction established — Defamation Act 1954, s. 17 (3) (a).