Section 4: Reports of Cabinet proceedings
consolidated text (as at 1989). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
4. Reports of Cabinet proceedings
(1) Any person who in any manner publishes a report of, or a comment
on, any matter and alleges, expressly or impliedly, that the report or comment, as the case may be, relates to what took place at a meeting of the
Cabinet shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one month and not more than 12 months
together with a fine not exceeding 2,000 rupees, unless he proves that the
publication was made with lawful authority or as a result of information obtained from a person authorised to communicate it.
(2) Any person who in any manner publishes a document which purports
to be, in whole or in part, a document which was submitted to the Cabinet
or was or is intended to be submitted to the Cabinet by or on behalf of any
Ministry or Government Department shall, unless he shows that he had obtained the prior authority in writing of the Secretary to the Cabinet to do so,
commit an offence.
(3) Part XII of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders
Act shall not apply to prosecutions under this section.
[S. 4 amended by Act 15 of 1989.]