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Queensland
CRIMINAL DEFAMATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2002
Queensland
CRIMINAL DEFAMATION AMENDMENT
BILL 2002
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE
3 Act amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of pt 5 hdg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Insertion of new pt 5, ch 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CHAPTER 35--PUBLICATION OF DEFAMATORY MATTER
365 Unlawful publication of defamatory matter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Insertion of new pt 9, ch 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CHAPTER 76--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR CRIMINAL
DEFAMATION AMENDMENT ACT 2002
713 Transitional provision for Criminal Defamation Amendment
Act 2002 .......................................... 5
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF DEFAMATION ACT 1889
7 Act amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Amendment of s 7 (Defamation actionable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Omission of s 8 (Unlawful publication of defamatory matter) . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2002
A BILL
FOR
An Act to relocate to the Criminal Code the offence of criminal
defamation, and for other purposes
s1 4 s5
Criminal Defamation Amendment Bill 2002
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
1 Short title
Clause 3
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Defamation Amendment Act 4
2002. 5
2 Commencement
Clause 6
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 7
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE 8
3 Act amended in pt 2
Clause 9
This part amends the Criminal Code. 10
4 Amendment of pt 5 hdg
Clause 11
Part 5, heading, after `duties'-- 12
insert-- 13
`AND AGAINST THE REPUTATION OF INDIVIDUALS'. 14
5 Insertion of new pt 5, ch 35
Clause 15
Part 5-- 16
insert-- 17
s6 5 s6
Criminal Defamation Amendment Bill 2002
`CHAPTER 35--PUBLICATION OF DEFAMATORY 1
MATTER 2
`365 Unlawful publication of defamatory matter 3
`(1) Any person who unlawfully publishes any defamatory matter 4
concerning someone else commits a misdemeanour. 5
Maximum penalty-- 6
(a) 100 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment, if the person knows 7
the defamatory matter is false; or 8
(b) 20 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment, in any other case. 9
`(2) This section is to be read with the Defamation Act 1889.'. 10
6 Insertion of new pt 9, ch 76
Clause 11
Part 9-- 12
insert-- 13
`CHAPTER 76--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR 14
CRIMINAL DEFAMATION AMENDMENT ACT 2002 15
`713 Transitional provision for Criminal Defamation Amendment 16
Act 2002 17
`(1) A person who before commencement commits an offence defined in 18
the Defamation Act 1889, section 8,1 as in force immediately before 19
commencement, may be charged with and convicted of the offence as if the 20
section had not been repealed.2 21
`(2) In this section-- 22
"commencement" means the commencement of this section.'. 23
1 Defamation Act 1889, section 8 (Unlawful publication of defamatory matter)
2 The Criminal Defamation Amendment Act 2002 inserted an offence of unlawful
publication of defamatory matter as section 365.
s7 6 s9
Criminal Defamation Amendment Bill 2002
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF DEFAMATION ACT 1889 1
7 Act amended in pt 3
Clause 2
This part amends the Defamation Act 1889. 3
8 Amendment of s 7 (Defamation actionable)
Clause 4
Section 7, `wrong.'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`wrong.3'. 7
9 Omission of s 8 (Unlawful publication of defamatory matter)
Clause 8
Section 8-- 9
omit. 10
3 For the relevant offence, see the Criminal Code, section 365 (Unlawful publication
of defamatory matter).
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