Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DEFAMATION (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 2001 (REPEALED) - SECT 33

    (1)     The defendant may only give evidence of the truth of the matter charged as a defence if the defendant, in pleading to the indictment or information, alleges—

        (a)     that it was for the public benefit that the matter should be published; and

        (b)     the facts that provide the basis for the public benefit; and

        (c)     the truth of the facts.

    (2)     If the defendant pleads as provided in subsection (1), the truth of the matters charged may be inquired into, but is a defence only if it was for the public benefit that the matter should be published.

    (3)     The prosecutor may reply generally to the plea by denying the whole of it.