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LAW AND LIBEL AMENDMENT ACT 1888 - SECT 3

Newspaper reports of proceedings in court privileged.

3. A fair and accurate report in any newspaper of proceedings publicly heard
before any court exercising judicial authority shall, if published
contemporaneously with such proceedings, be privileged: Provided that nothing
in this section shall authorise the publication of any blasphemous or indecent
matter.

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