Juvenile Justice Act Article 73-1

In a trial of a juvenile criminal case, the victim may appoint a lawyer as his/her advocate. In the case where the victim lacks legal capacity, has limited legal capacity, or is deceased, the appointment may be made by his/her statutory agent, direct blood relatives, or spouse.An advocate may apply to the juvenile court for reviewing the relevant case files and evidence concerning the facts of the offense the juvenile defendant is accused of, making copies, reproducing or taking photographs. Nevertheless, where the contents of the case files and evidence are unrelated to the charges against the defendant or are likely to obstruct the investigation of another case, where the said contents have a bearing on the privacy or business secrets of the parties or a third party, or where the reviewing of the said contents is potentially detrimental to the healthy self-development of the juvenile, the juvenile court may impose a restriction on the right of the advocate in reviewing the case files and evidence.Where the victim, the persons who have appointed an advocate in accordance with the qualifying provision of Paragraph 1 of this article, and the appointed advocate have reviewed, made copies, reproduced or taken photographs of the contents of the case files and evidence, they may not, without justifiable cause, hand over or disclose materials thus acquired to any other person or otherwise inform any other person of the content of therein.