No. 12
Media Services
2016
other Part of this Act or under any other written law if the
publication of a matter alleged to be absolutely privileged
is prohibited or the relief to a person injured is available
under the Constitution of the United Republic.
Cases in which
publication is
conditionally
privileged
39.
A publication of defamatory matter is
privileged on condition that it was published in good faith,
if the relation between the parties by or to whom the
publication is made is such that the person publishing the
matter is under some legal, moral or social duty to publish
it to the person to whom the publication is made or has a
legitimate personal interest in publishing it and the
publication does not exceed either in extent or matter what
is reasonably sufficient for the occasion, and in any of the
following cases, namely(a) the matter published, is in fact, a fair report of
anything said, done or shown in a civil or
criminal inquiry or proceedings before any
court, if however the court prohibited the
publication of anything said or shown before
it, on the ground that it is seditious, immoral
or blasphemous, the publication shall not be
privileged;
(b) the matter published, is a copy or,
reproduction, or is in fact, a fair abstract of
any matter which was previously published,
and the previous publication of which was or
would have been privileged under this Part;
(c) the matter is an expression of opinion in good
faith as to the conduct of any person in a
judicial, official or other public capacity, or as
to his personal character so far as it appears in
such conduct;
(d) the matter is an expression of opinion in good
faith as to the conduct of a person in relation
to a public question or matter, or as to his
personal character, so far as it appears in such
26
Seleccionar párrafo de destino3
Conectar a un párrafo
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Añadir a la tabla de contenidos