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Defamation Act · 2000 Revised Edition
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In any action for slander of title, slander of goods or other malicious falsehood, it shall not be necessary to allege or prove special damage —
if the words upon which the action is founded are calculated to cause pecuniary damage to the plaintiff and are published in writing or other permanent form; or
if the said words are calculated to cause pecuniary damage to the plaintiff in respect of any office, profession, calling, trade of business held or carried on by him at the time of the publication.
Section 3 applies for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of the law of libel and slander.
words
“words” includes pictures, visual images, gestures and other methods of signifying meaning. Broadcast statements.