(d) any other person,
for defamation contained in the newspaper or broadcast from the station or its publication
otherwise shall be taken within six months after the publication of the defamatory matter came
to the notice or knowledge of the person defamed.
1[13. Trial of cases. The District Court shall have the jurisdiction to try the cases under this
Ordinance.]
14. Court to decide the cases expeditiously. The court shall decide a case under this Ordinance
within a period of 2[ninety days].
3[15. Appeal. An appeal against the final decision and decree of the Court shall lie to the High
Court within thirty days and the High Court shall decide the appeal within sixty days:
Provided that no appeal shall lie against an interlocutory order of the Court.]
16. Power to make rules. The Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette,
make rules to carry out the purposes of this Ordinance.
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1 Subs. by the Defamation (Amdt.) Act 2004 (9 of 2004), s. 4, for "section 13".
2 Subs. ibid., s. 5, for "six months".
3 Subs. ibid., s. 6, for "section 15".
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