Protection for publication of legislative proceedings shields publishers absent malice, excluding secret sittings. Publication in a newspaper of a substantially true report of proceedings of Parliament or a State Legislature is immune from civil or criminal proceedings unless made with malice; this immunity excludes reports of secret sittings and extends to broadcasts by wireless telegraphy, with 'newspaper' including news agency reports.
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Protection for publication of legislative proceedings shields publishers absent malice, excluding secret sittings.
Publication in a newspaper of a substantially true report of proceedings of Parliament or a State Legislature is immune from civil or criminal proceedings unless made with malice; this immunity excludes reports of secret sittings and extends to broadcasts by wireless telegraphy, with "newspaper" including news agency reports.
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