Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand v Attorney-General - [1982] 1 NZLR 120

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Jurisdiction of Court to sit in camera — Unnamed offender pleaded guilty and was sentenced in closed Court — No announcement was made of offender's identity, nature of offence, sentence imposed, or reasons for dealing with the matter in camera — Judge ordered that there be no publication of anything other than the fact that a man had been sentenced — Whether Court's inherent jurisdiction was exercisable — Whether order should be varied — Crimes Act 1961, s 375 - Criminal Justice Act 1954, s 46.