Broadcaster Derryn Hinch has been found guilty of illegally identifying two paedophiles.

Hinch is now facing a prison sentence for naming the paedophiles at a rally on the steps of the Victorian Parliament in 2008.

He has also been found guilty of identifying them on his website.

The men were under an extended supervision order after their release from prison and the Magistrate has found it had been Hinch's intention to knowingly contravene and frustrate the objective of the legislation protecting them.

Hinch is waiting for an urgent liver transplant and his lawyers have previously told the court he will need time to seek treatment before being sentenced.

Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg ordered Hinch be assessed for suitability for home detention, but he did not rule out that the presenter may go to jail.

Chief crown prosecutor Gavin Silbert SC said normally a person who had committed the offence Hinch had could expect a custodial sentence.

Outside court, Hinch said he was not sorry.

"I still feel the same way I always have... people have a right to know," he said.

"I know what I have done. I am not sorry for what I have done. It is a good cause and the law is a bad law.

"I don't like getting convictions. There are always risks in doing the sort of work that I do and you pay for it."

In 1987, Hinch spent 12 days in jail for publicly naming a paedophile priest on trial for child sex offences.

He says he will continue to fight the law.

"People should know this is a bad law. People know you should have a right to know if some of the worst sex offenders in this country's history are living in your neighbourhood, living next door to you," he said.

"Their names are suppressed and it's just bloody wrong. It shouldn't happen and the laws should change. Whether I'm here or not, that law will change."

Hinch will represent himself at a pre-sentence hearing on June 21.

Last year, Hinch took his fight against the laws he was charged under to the High Court, where he argued they were unconstitutional.

In March the court unanimously rejected his argument.

- ABC/AAP