(5) Any person notified under subsection (1) is entitled to appear and to give evidence at the hearing of the application but the absence of that person does not prevent the court from making a civil forfeiture restraining order. (6) The court may— (a) order that the whole or any part of the proceeding be heard in closed court; or (b) order that only persons or classes of persons specified by it may be present during the whole or any part of the proceeding; or (c) make an order prohibiting the publication of a report of the whole or any part of the proceeding or of any information derived from the proceeding. (7) The court must cause a copy of any order made under subsection (6) to be posted on a door of the court house or in another conspicuous place where notices are usually posted at the court house. (8) A person must not contravene an order posted under subsection (7). Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 1000 penalty units. S. 36M 36M Determination of application for civil forfeiture inserted by restraining order No. 68/2010 s. 49 (as (1) On an application under section 36K for a civil amended by No. 73/2011 forfeiture restraining order, the Supreme Court or ss 21–23), the County Court, as the case requires, must make amended by No. 55/2014 a civil forfeiture restraining order if it is satisfied s. 6(2) (ILA that— s. 39B(1)).
(5) Any person notified under subsection (1) is entitled to appear and to give evidence at the hearing of the application but the absence of that person does not prevent the court from making a civil forfeiture restraining order. (6) The court may— (a) order that the whole or any part of the proceeding be heard in closed court; or (b) order that only persons or classes of persons specified by it may be present during the whole or any part of the proceeding; or (c) make an order prohibiting the publication of a report of the whole or any part of the proceeding or of any information derived from the proceeding. (7) The court must cause a copy of any order made under subsection (6) to be posted on a door of the court house or in another conspicuous place where notices are usually posted at the court house. (8) A person must not contravene an order posted under subsection (7). Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 1000 penalty units. S. 36M inserted by No. 68/2010 s. 49 (as amended by No. 73/2011 ss 21–23), amended by No. 55/2014 s. 6(2) (ILA s. 39B(1)). 36M Determination of application for civil forfeiture restraining order (1) On an application under section 36K for a civil forfeiture restraining order, the Supreme Court or the County Court, as the case requires, must make a civil forfeiture restraining order if it is satisfied that—
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