Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Wrongs Act 1958 - SECT 4

No action maintainable against a person for faithfully reporting

4. No action maintainable against a person for faithfully reporting

No action or presentment shall be maintainable against any person for
publishing a faithful and accurate report of proceedings in any court of
justice, or other legally constituted court or in any inquest or investigation
under the Coroners Act 1985 or the Coroners Act 2008: Provided always that it
shall not be lawful to publish any matter of an obscene or blasphemous nature
nor any proceedings in any court which are not concluded and which the judge
magistrate coroner or other presiding officer may pronounce it improper to
publish at their then stage.

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