(1) No person shall publish or broadcast or cause to be published or broadcast any information about a preliminary trial hearing or an appeal under section 7 other than -

(a) a statement of the fact that such a hearing is to be, or is being, conducted, or such an appeal is being brought, as the case may be, in respect of proceedings for an offence against a named person, or

(b) where an order has been made by the court at a preliminary trial hearing or in an appeal under section 7, as the case may be, and that court is satisfied that such publication or broadcast is not contrary to the interests of justice, a statement of the fact that such an order has been made.

(2) Subsection (1) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the offence concerned or until such other time as the trial judge or the court hearing the appeal concerned, as the case may be, may direct.

(3) If, on application by the prosecution, it appears to a judge of the District Court that a person has contravened subsection (1), the judge may certify to that effect to the High Court.