DEFAMATION AND LIBEL.
No. 1 of 1887.
367
that it shall not be competent to any defendant in such action to set up any defence as aforesaid without at the same time making a payment of money into Court by way of amends, and every such defence so filed without such payment into Court shall be deemed a nullity and may be treated as such by the plaintiff in the action.
5. Every person who publishes or threatens to publish any libel upon any other person, or directly or indirectly threatens to print or publish, or directly or indirectly proposes to abstain from printing or publishing, any matter or thing touching any other person, with intent to extort any money, or security for money, or valuable thing from such or any other person, or with intent to induce any person to confer or procure for any person any appointment or office of profit or trust, shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 years: Provided that nothing herein contained shall in any manner alter or affect any law or Ordinance now in force in respect of the sending or delivery of threatening letters or writings.
[6 & 7 Vict.
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6. Every person who maliciously publishes any defamatory libel, knowing the same to be false, shall be liable to imprisonment, without hard labour, for any term not exceeding 2 years, and, in addition, to pay such fine as the Court may award.
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7. Every person who maliciously publishes any defamatory libel shall be liable to imprisonment, without hard labour, for any term not exceeding one year, and to pay such fine as the Court may [ib. s. 5.] award.
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8.-(1) On the trial of any information for a defamatory libel, the defendant having pleaded such plea as is hereinafter mentioned, the truth of the matters charged may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence, unless it was for the public benefit that the matters charged should be published.
(2) To entitle the defendant to give evidence of the truth of the matters charged as a defence to the information, it shall be necessary for him, in pleading to the information, to allege the truth of the matters charged in the manner now required in alleging a justification to an action of defamation, and further to allege that it was for the public benefit that the matters charged should be published, and the particular fact or facts by reason whereof it was
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911.
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DEFAMATION AND LIBEL.
No. 1 of 1887.
367
that it shall not be competent to any defendant in such action to set up any defence as aforesaid without at the same time making a payment of money into Court by way of amends, and every such defence so filed without such payment into Court shall be deemed a nullity and may be treated as such by the plaintiff in the action.
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anything, thing from such or any other person, or with intent to induce any with intent person to confer or procure for any person any appointment or office of profit or trust, shall be liable to imprisonment for any è. 96 8.3. term not exceeding 3 years: Provided that nothing herein con- tained shall in any manner alter or affect any law or Ordinance now in force in respect of the sending or delivery of threatening letters or writings.
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6. Every person who maliciously publishes any defamatory libel, Publishing knowing the same to be false, shall be liable to imprisonment, tory libel. without hard labour, for any term not exceeding 2 years, and, in lib. s. 4.] addition, to pay such fine as the Court may award.
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7. Every person who maliciously publishes any defamatory libel Publishing
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8.-(1) On the trial of any information for a defamatory libel, Trial of the defendant having pleaded such plea as is hereinafter mentioned, for defama the truth of the matters charged may be inquired into, but shall tory libel.
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s. 6.] not amount to a defence, unless it was for the public benefit that the matters charged should be published.
(2) To entitle the defendant to give evidence of the truth of the matters charged as a defence to the information, it shall be necessary for him, in pleading to the information, to allege the truth of the matters charged in the manner now required in alleging a justification to an action of defamation, and further to allege that it was for the public benefit that the matters charged should be published, and the particular fact or facts by reason whereof it was
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911.
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