BSTO Act 31Chapter II · Special Magistrates
Section 31 · Power to exclude persons or public from precincts of Court
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- A Special Magistrate may, if he thinks fit, order at any stage of a trial that the public generally, or any particular person, shall not have access to, or be or remain in, the room or building used by the Special Magistrate as a Court:Provided that where in any case the Public Prosecutor or Advocate-General, as the case may be, certifies in writing to the Special Magistrate that it is expedient in the interests of the public peace or safety or of the peace or safety of any of the witnesses in the trial that the public generally should not have access to, or be or remain in. the room or building used by the Special Magistrate as a Court, the Special Magistrate shall order accordingly.
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