Cap. 9 Art. 531Sittings to be held in open court. Exceptions.

(1) The court shall hold its sittings with open doors.

Nevertheless, the court may hold its sittings with closed doors in all cases involving children below the age of eighteen (18) or in cases where it is of opinion that the proceedings, if conducted in public, might be offensive to modesty, or might cause scandal; in any such case, the court shall previously make an order to that effect stating the reasons for so doing.

(2) Where the sittings are held with closed doors, it shall not be lawful to publish any report of the proceedings under the penalties established for contempt of the authority of the court.

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