http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/66

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/66/section/5

Defamation Act 1952

An Act to amend the law relating to libel and slander and other malicious falsehoods.

1980-01-01

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F15 Justification.

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Amendments (Textual)

F1

S. 5 repealed (E.W.) (1.1.2014) by Defamation Act 2013 (c. 26), ss. 2(4), 17(4) (with s. 16(5)); S.I. 2013/3027, art. 2; and repealed (S.) (8.8.2022) by Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 10), ss. 35(1)(a), 39(2); S.S.I. 2022/154, reg. 2