Section 31: Witness protection.

(1) The court may, on a motion by or on behalf of the prosecuting agency, protect a witness in any proceeding before it or its own motion where it is satisfied that the life of the witness is in danger and takes such measures as it deems fit to keep the identity and address of the witness secret.
(2) In particular, the measures which the court may take under subsection (1) of this section may include the holding of the proceedings at a place to be decided by the court:
(a) the holding of the proceedings at a place to be decided by the court;
(b) avoidance of the mention of the name and address of the witness in its orders, judgments or records of the case accessible to the public; and
(c) issuing of a direction for securing that the identity and address of the witness are not disclosed; and
(d) a decision that it is in the public interest to order that all or any of the proceeding pending before such a court shall not be published in any manner.
(3) The court may, on motion by or on behalf of the prosecuting agency, in the interest of public safety or order, exclude from proceedings instituted for any offence under this Act any person other than the parties and their legal representatives.
(4) A person who contravenes an order made under this section commits an offence under this Act.