420A
In forceWhere person charged with unlawful publication of defamatory matter
Part IIIProcedure and punishment
420A Where person charged with unlawful publication of defamatory matter
S. 420A inserted by No. 9407 s. 2(e).
On the trial of a person charged with the unlawful publication of defamatory matter—
(a)
the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter in issue, in like manner as in other cases; and
(b)
the question whether any matter alleged to be defamatory is or is not capable of a defamatory meaning is a question of law.
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