1. Offer of an apology admissible in evidence of mitigation of damages in
\naction for defamation.<\/b><\/p>\n
In any action for defamation it shall be lawful for the defendant (after
\nnotice in writing of his intention so to do, duly given to the plaintiff at the
\ntime of filing or delivering the plea in such action,) to give in evidence, in
\nmitigation of damages, that he made or offered an apology to the plaintiff for
\nsuch defamation before the commencement of the action, or as soon afterwards as
\nhe had an opportunity of doing so, in case the action shall have been commenced
\nbefore there was an opportunity of making or offering such apology.<\/p>\n
2. In an action against a newspaper for libel, the defendant may plead
\nthat it was inserted without malice and without neglect and may pay money into
\ncourt as amends.<\/b><\/p>\n
In an action for libel contained in any public newspaper or other periodical
\npublication it shall be competent to the defendant to plead that such libel was
\ninserted in such newspaper or other periodical publication without actual
\nmalice, and without gross negligence, and that before the commencement of the
\naction, or at the earliest opportunity afterwards, he inserted in such newspaper
\nor other periodical publication a full apology for the said libel, or, if the
\nnewspaper or periodical publication in which the said libel appeared should be
\nordinarily published at intervals exceeding one week, had offered to publish the
\nsaid apology in any newspaper or periodical publication to be selected by the
\nplaintiff in such action; and to such plea to such action it shall be competent
\nto the plaintiff to reply generally, denying the whole of such plea.<\/p>\n
LIBEL ACT 1845<\/b><\/p>\n
2. Defendant not to file such plea without paying money into court by way
\nof amends.<\/b><\/p>\n
It shall not be competent to any defendant in such action, whether in England
\nor Ireland, to file any such plea, without at the same time making a payment of
\nmoney into court by way of amends, but every such plea so filed without payment
\nof money into court shall be deemed a nullity, and may be treated as such by the
\nplaintiff in the action.<\/p>\n
LAW OF LIBEL AMENDMENT ACT 1888
\n<\/b><\/p>\n
4. Newspaper reports of proceedings of public meetings and of certain
\nbodies and persons privileged.<\/b><\/p>\n
A fair and accurate report published in any newspaper of the proceedings of a
\npublic meeting, or (except where neither the public nor any newspaper reporter
\nis admitted) of any meeting of a vestry, town council, school board, board of
\nguardians, board or local authority formed or constituted under the provisions
\nof any Act of Parliament, or of any committee appointed by any of the
\nabove-mentioned bodies, or of any meeting of any commissioners authorised to act
\nby letters patent, Act of Parliament, warrant under the Royal Sign Manual, or
\nother lawful warrant or authority, select committees of either House of
\nParliament, justices of the peace in quarter sessions assembled for
\nadministrative or deliberative purposes, and the publication at the request of
\nany Government office or department, officer of state, commissioner of police,
\nor chief constable of any notice or report issued by them for the information of
\nthe public, shall be privileged, unless it shall be proved that such report or
\npublication was published or made maliciously: Provided that nothing in this
\nsection shall authorise the publication of any blasphemous or indecent matter:
\nProvided also, that the protection intended to be afforded by this section shall
\nnot be available as a defence in any proceedings if it shall be proved that the
\ndefendant has been requested to insert in the newspaper in which the report or
\nother publication complained of appeared a reasonable letter or statement by way
\nof contradiction or explanation of such report or other publication, and has
\nrefused or neglected to insert the same: Provided further, that nothing in this
\nsection contained shall be deemed or construed to limit or abridge any privilege
\nnow by law existing, or to protect the publication of any matter not of public
\nconcern and the publication of which is not for the public benefit.
\nFor the purposes of this section
\n“public meeting” shall mean any meeting bona fide and lawfully held
\nfor a lawful purpose, and for the furtherance or discussion of any matter of
\npublic concern, whether the admission thereto be general or restricted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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