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LIBEL ACT 1843 - SECT 5

Publication of libel.

5. If any person shall maliciously publish any defamatory libel, every such
person, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to fine or imprisonment or
both, as the court may award, such imprisonment not to exceed the term of one
year.


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