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Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Act—
(a)prejudices any defence available at common law to a charge of contempt of court under the strict liability rule;
(b)implies that any publication is punishable as contempt of court under that rule which would not be so punishable apart from those provisions ;
(c)restricts liability for contempt of court in respect of conduct intended to impede or prejudice the administration of justice.
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