Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884 Amendment Act 1888
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Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884 Amendment Act 1888
CONTENTS
1.Short title1
2.Construction1
3.Security for costs1
5.Limitation of action2
6.Fair and accurate report of a public meeting privileged2
7.Saving for prerogative3
Notes
Compilation table4
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Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884 Amendment Act 1888
An Act to amend the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884.
[Long title amended by No. 74 of 2003 s. 142(3)(a).]
This Act may be cited as the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884 Amendment Act 1888 1.
[Section 1 amended by No. 74 of 2003 s. 143.]
This Act shall be read and construed together with the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884, termed hereinafter in this Act “The Act”.
[Section 2 amended by No. 74 of 2003 s. 142(3)(b).]
On an affidavit being filed by the defendant in any action for libel brought after the passing of this Act that the plaintiff in such action is an uncertificated bankrupt, or has within 12 months of the issue of the writ of summons in any action as aforesaid liquidated or compounded with his creditors, or is a person without fixed domicile, or is to the belief of the defendant and some other person of repute without visible means of paying the costs of such action if unsuccessful, the Court or a Judge thereof in Chambers may order all proceedings in such action to be stayed until security for such costs shall be given to the Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court as he shall think sufficient up to a maximum of $200: Provided always, that either the plaintiff or defendant in any such action shall be at liberty to appeal to the Court of Appeal to vary, reverse, or rescind any such order.
[Section 3 amended by No. 24 of 1957 s. 2; No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1); No. 67 of 1979 s. 21; No. 45 of 2004 s. 37.]
[4.Repealed by No. 24 of 1957 s. 3.]
No action shall be brought against the proprietor, publisher, editor, printer, or any person responsible for the publication of a newspaper, for any libel published therein, after the expiration of 12 months from the date of the publication of such libel in such newspaper.
[Section 5 amended by No. 24 of 1957 s. 4.]
6.Fair and accurate report of a public meeting privileged
The publication in a registered newspaper of a fair and accurate report of the proceedings in any court of justice, or at any State or local government ceremonial, or at any political or local government meeting, or at a public meeting, shall be absolutely privileged, and it shall be a good and sufficient defence for any person sued for libel published in a registered newspaper in respect of a report of the proceedings on any of the occasions above mentioned to prove that the said report was fair and accurate. The expression “public meeting” shall include, inter alia, any meeting which shall have been announced by any convener or promoter thereof either by advertisements, placards, or otherwise to be a public meeting, and also any meeting from which members of the public are not excluded, on the ground that they do not belong to any particular body, association, party, or society. For the purposes of this section it shall be immaterial whether admission be free or on payment or by ticket or otherwise.
[Section 6 amended by 1 & 2 Edw. VII No. 14 s. 3(2); No. 14 of 1996 s. 4(2).]
Nothing in The Act or this Act contained shall in any way lessen or derogate from the rights and prerogatives of the Crown as to criminal informations for libel or otherwise.
1This reprint is a compilation as at 3 June 2005 of the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884 Amendment Act 1888 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.
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Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
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The Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884 Amendment Act 1888 2 |
1888 (52 Vict. No. 18) |
7 Dec 1888 |
7 Dec 1888 |
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Criminal Code Act 1902 s. 3(2) |
1902 (1 & 2 Edw. VII No. 14) |
19 Feb 1902 |
1 May 1902 (see s. 2) |
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Newspaper Libel and Registration Act Amendment Act 1957 |
24 of 1957 |
26 Oct 1957 |
26 Oct 1957 |
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Decimal Currency Act 1965 |
113 of 1965 |
21 Dec 1965 |
Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1)); |
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Acts Amendment (Master, Supreme Court) Act 1979 Pt. 11 |
67 of 1979 |
21 Nov 1979 |
11 Feb 1980 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Feb 1980 p. 383) |
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Reprint of The Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884 Amendment Act 1888 |
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Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4 |
14 of 1996 |
28 Jun 1996 |
1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2) |
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Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 142(3) & 143 |
74 of 2003 |
15 Dec 2003 |
15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2) |
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Acts Amendment (Court of Appeal) Act 2004 s. 37 |
45 of 2004 |
9 Nov 2004 |
1 Feb 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Jan 2005 p. 163) |
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2Now known as the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884 Amendment Act 1888; short title changed (see note under s. 1).
By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer