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Newspapers Act · 2013 Revised Edition
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In any proceedings against the proprietor, printer, publisher or editor of any local newspaper or any overseas newspaper, it shall be lawful for the complainant or plaintiff to tender in evidence any entry in or certified extract from any local newspaper register, either —
local newspaper
“local newspaper” means a newspaper printed in Brunei Darussalam and includes a local magazine;
as proof of the truth of the matters stated in such entry or extract; or
as proof that the particulars appearing in such entry or extract were furnished and certified by the informant by whom they purport to have been furnished and certified.
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local newspaper
“local newspaper” means a newspaper printed in Brunei Darussalam and includes a local magazine;
newspaper
“newspaper” means any publication containing news, intelligence, reports of occurrences, or any remarks, observations or comments, in relation to such news, intelligence or occurrences, or to any other matter of public interest, or any magazine, comic or other form of periodical, printed for sale or free distribution at regular or irregular intervals and includes a supplement thereto but does not include any publication issued by or under the authority of the Government or of any public body;
overseas newspaper
“overseas newspaper” means a newspaper other than a local newspaper;