DEFAMATION ACT 2006 (NO 8 OF 2006) - SECT 5 Tort of defamation
DEFAMATION ACT 2006 (NO 8 OF 2006) - SECT 5
Tort of defamation(1) This Act relates to the tort of defamation at general law.
(2) This Act does not affect the operation of the general law in relation to the tort of defamation except to the extent that this Act provides otherwise (whether expressly or by necessary implication).
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the general law as it is from time to time applies for the purposes of this Act as if the Acts repealed by section 44 had never been enacted.