Protection for publication of parliamentary proceedings shields reporters from civil or criminal liability absent malice. No person is liable in civil or criminal proceedings for publishing in a newspaper a substantially true report of proceedings of Parliament or a State Legislature, unless the publication is proved to have been made with malice; reports of secret sittings are excluded. The same protection applies to reports or matters broadcast by means of wireless telegraphy as part of a broadcasting station programme. 'Newspaper' includes a news agency report containing material for publication in a newspaper.
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Protection for publication of parliamentary proceedings shields reporters from civil or criminal liability absent malice.
No person is liable in civil or criminal proceedings for publishing in a newspaper a substantially true report of proceedings of Parliament or a State Legislature, unless the publication is proved to have been made with malice; reports of secret sittings are excluded. The same protection applies to reports or matters broadcast by means of wireless telegraphy as part of a broadcasting station programme. "Newspaper" includes a news agency report containing material for publication in a newspaper.
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