Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts9. No cause of action for defamation of, or against, deceased persons
A person (including a personal representative of a deceased person) cannot assert, continue or enforce a cause of action for defamation in relation to -
(a) the publication of defamatory matter about a deceased person (whether published before or after his or her death); or
(b) the publication of defamatory matter by a person who has died since publishing the matter.