Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (FINANCIAL INTERESTS) ACT 1992 - SECT 19

19 .         Restrictions on publication by Member

        (1)         Notwithstanding any other law, a Member shall not publish in the course of the proceedings of Parliament — 

            (a)         any information derived from a register unless that information — 

                  (i)         constitutes a fair and accurate report or summary of information contained in the register; and

                  (ii)         is published in good faith;

                or

            (b)         any comment on the facts set forth in a register unless that comment — 

                  (i)         is fair; and

                  (ii)         is published in good faith.

        (2)         A Member who publishes, in the course of the proceedings of Parliament, any information or a comment in contravention of subsection (1), is guilty of a contempt of Parliament and the House of which he is a Member may deal with him accordingly.

        (3)         For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) publish has the same meaning in relation to any information or comment referred to in those subsections as is assigned to it in sections 348 and 349 of The Criminal Code in relation to the publication of defamatory matter.