DEFAMATION ACT 2005 - SECT 41
Proof of publication
DEFAMATION ACT 2005 - SECT 41
Proof of publication
41 Proof of publication
(1) If a document appears to be printed or otherwise produced by means adapted
for the production of numerous copies and there is in the document a statement
to the effect that the document is printed, produced, published or distributed
by or for a particular person, the statement is evidence in defamation
proceedings that the document was so printed, produced, published or
distributed.
(2) Evidence that a number or part of a document appearing to be
a periodical is printed, produced, published or distributed by or for a
particular person is evidence in defamation proceedings that a document
appearing to be another number or part of the periodical was so printed,
produced, published or distributed.
(3) In this section--
"periodical" includes any newspaper, review, magazine or other printed
document of which numbers or parts are published periodically.
