(a) A person acting in a capacity described in subsection (b) of this section, in connection with a criminal proceeding shall:(1) keep all documents that disclose the name or any other information concerning a child in a secure place to which no person who does not have reason to know their contents has access; and(2) disclose documents described in subsection (c) of this section, or the information in them that concerns a child only to persons who, by reason of their participation in the proceeding, have reason to know such information.
(1) keep all documents that disclose the name or any other information concerning a child in a secure place to which no person who does not have reason to know their contents has access; and
(2) disclose documents described in subsection (c) of this section, or the information in them that concerns a child only to persons who, by reason of their participation in the proceeding, have reason to know such information.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section applies to:(1) all employees of the Government connected with the case, including employees of the Department of Justice, any law enforcement involved in the case, and anyone hired by the Government to provide assistance in the proceeding;(2) employees of the court;(3) the defendant and employees of the defendant, including the defendant’s attorney and persons hired by the defendant or the defendant’s attorney to provide assistance in the proceeding; and(4) members of the jury.
(1) all employees of the Government connected with the case, including employees of the Department of Justice, any law enforcement involved in the case, and anyone hired by the Government to provide assistance in the proceeding;
(2) employees of the court;
(3) the defendant and employees of the defendant, including the defendant’s attorney and persons hired by the defendant or the defendant’s attorney to provide assistance in the proceeding; and
(4) members of the jury.
(c) All papers to be filed in court that disclose the child’s name, or any other information concerning a child, must be filed under seal without necessity of obtaining a court order. The person who makes the filing shall submit to the clerk of the court:(1) the complete paper to be kept under seal; and(2) the paper with the portions of it that disclose the child’s name, or other information concerning the child, redacted to be placed in the public record.
(1) the complete paper to be kept under seal; and
(2) the paper with the portions of it that disclose the child’s name, or other information concerning the child, redacted to be placed in the public record.
(d) On motion by any person, the court may issue an order protecting the child from public disclosure of the child’s name, or any other information concerning the child in the course of the proceedings, if the court determines that there is a significant possibility that such disclosure would be detrimental to the child.
(e) A protective order issued under subsection (d) of this section may:(1) provide that the testimony of a child witness, and the testimony of any other witness, when the attorney who calls the witness has reason to anticipate that the child’s name, or any other information concerning a child may be divulged in the testimony, be taken in a closed courtroom; and(2) provide for any other measures that may be necessary to protect the privacy of the child.
(1) provide that the testimony of a child witness, and the testimony of any other witness, when the attorney who calls the witness has reason to anticipate that the child’s name, or any other information concerning a child may be divulged in the testimony, be taken in a closed courtroom; and
(2) provide for any other measures that may be necessary to protect the privacy of the child.
(f) This section does not prohibit disclosure of the child’s name, or other information concerning the child to the defendant, the defendant’s attorney, a multidisciplinary team, guardian ad litem, or an adult attendant, or to anyone to whom, in the opinion of the court, disclosure is necessary to the welfare and well-being of the child.