In force2000 Revised EditionCurrent version · 2000 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Defamation Act · 2000 Revised Edition
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“broadcasting by means of telecommunication”
means publication for general reception by means of a telecommunication;
“newspaper” means any paper containing public news or observations thereon or consisting wholly or mainly of advertisements which is printed for sale and is published in
Brunei Darussalam, either periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding 36 days;
“telecommunication” means any system for the transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writings, images and sounds of all kinds by means of radiowaves, wire, cable or other electromagnetic systems;
“words” includes pictures, visual images, gestures and other methods of signifying meaning.