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Under section 23(2) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, when may a media…

Section 23(2) protects identifying details in media reports. Its proviso allows the competent Special Court to permit disclosure in the child’s interest for reasons recorded…

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Under section 23(2) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, when may a media report disclose a child’s identity?

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Section 23(2) protects identifying details in media reports. Its proviso allows the competent Special Court to permit disclosure in the child’s interest for reasons recorded in writing.

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Option A

The proviso gives the competent Special Court a narrow power to permit disclosure.

Option B

The statute requires a decision of the competent Special Court in the child's interest. A publisher's own public-interest assessment does not meet that test.

Option C

The proviso permits disclosure when the competent Special Court finds it in the child's interest and records its reasons in writing.

Option D

A parent's permission alone is not the statutory exception in section 23(2).

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