Section 34. Suppression of identity.

(1) In any legal proceeding in which a protected person is a party or such person is an applicant, the court, on an application by such person or any other person on his behalf may pass, in the interest of justice, any or all of the following orders, namely:— (a) that the proceeding or any part thereof be conducted by suppressing the identity of the applicant by substituting the name of such person with a pseudonym in the records of the proceedings in such manner as may be prescribed; (b) that the proceeding or any part thereof may be conducted in camera; (c) restraining any person from publishing in any manner any matter leading to the disclosure of the name or status or identity of the applicant. (2) In any legal proceeding concerning or relating to an HIV-positive person, the court shall take up and dispose of the proceeding on priority basis.