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LIBEL ACT 1843 - SECT 1 

Offer of an apology admissible in evidence in mitigation of damages in action for defamation.

1.] In any action for defamation it shall be lawful for the defendant (after
notice in writing of his intention so to do, duly given to the plaintiff at
the time of filing or delivering the plea in such action, ) to give in
evidence, in mitigation of damages, that he made or offered an apology to the
plaintiff for such defamation before the commencement of the action, or as
soon afterwards as he had an opportunity of doing so, in case the action shall
have been commenced before there was an opportunity of making or offering such
apology.

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