6. Court to be open

The place in which any criminal Court is held for the purpose of inquiring into or trying any offence is deemed an open Court, to which the public generally may have access, so far as the same can conveniently contain them.

The presiding Judge or Magistrate may, if he thinks fit, on special grounds of public policy or expediency in his discretion, order at any stage of any inquiry into, or trial of, any particular case 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 Court. In every such case, the grounds on which the order is made shall be recorded.

This section does not apply to witnesses who shall ordinarily a be excluded from the Court until they give evidence.