PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS (SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS) ACT 1975 - SECT 6 Defence to proceedings brought in respect of publication of Parliamentary papers

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS (SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS) ACT 1975 - SECT 6

6 Defence to proceedings brought in respect of publication of Parliamentary papers

Subject to section 7, it is a defence to any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, brought in respect of the publication of any document or any copy thereof or any evidence if it is proved that the publication of the document, the document from which the copy was made or the evidence, as the case may be, was authorised under section 4 or by section 5.