Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Defamation Act 2005 - SECT 41

PART 5 MISCELLANEOUS

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.