Section 131b
[Publication of Pictures]
(1) Publication of pictures of an accused suspected of having committed a criminal offence of substantial significance shall also be admissible if clearing up a criminal offence, in particular establishing the identity of an unknown perpetrator, by other means offers much less prospect of success or would be much more difficult.
(2) Publication of pictures of a witness and references to the criminal proceedings underlying such publication shall also be admissible if clearing up a criminal offence of substantial significance, in particular, if establishing the identity of the witness by other means offers no prospect of success or would be much more difficult. The publication must make it clear that the person in the picture is not an accused person.
(3) Section 131 subsection (4), first part of the first sentence, and second sentence, shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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