Section 205: Protection of privacy
(1) The right of the child to privacy specified in section 8 of this Act shall be respected at all stages of child justice administration in order to avoid to harm being caused to the child by undue publicity or by the process of labelling.
(2) Accordingly, no information that may lead to the identification of a child offender shall be published.
(3) Records of a child offender shall-
(a) be kept strictly confidential and closed to third parties;
(b) made accessible only to persons directly concerned with the disposition of the case at hand or other duly authorised persons; and
(c) not be used in adult proceedings in subsequent cases involving the same child offender.
Cite this section
Section 205, CHILD'S RIGHT ACT (2003).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/child-s-right-act/section/205/