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
For the purpose of the law of libel and slander, the broadcasting of words by means of telecommunication shall be treated as publication in a permanent form.
words
“words” includes pictures, visual images, gestures and other methods of signifying meaning. Broadcast statements.
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telecommunication
“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
“words” includes pictures, visual images, gestures and other methods of signifying meaning. Broadcast statements.