New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 1 January 2011
| Public Act | 1992 No 105 |
| Date of assent | 26 November 1992 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
1 Short Title and commencement
4 Defamation actionable without proof of special damage
5 Malicious falsehood actionable without proof of special damage
6 Proceedings for defamation brought by body corporate
7 Single publication to constitute one cause of action
11 Defendant not required to prove truth of every statement of fact
12 Honest opinion where corrupt motive attributed to plaintiff
13 Absolute privilege in relation to Parliamentary proceedings
14 Absolute privilege in relation to judicial proceedings and other legal matters
15 Other rules of law relating to absolute privilege not affected
17 Qualified privilege not to apply where publication prohibited
18 Restrictions on qualified privilege in relation to Part 2 of Schedule 1
19 Rebuttal of qualified privilege
23 Evidence of adequacy of redress
26 Court may recommend correction
27 Court may make recommendations as to content, etc, of correction
29 Matters to be taken into account in mitigation of damages
30 Misconduct of plaintiff in mitigation of damages
31 Other evidence in mitigation of damages
32 Defendant's right to prove other matters in mitigation of damages not affected
35 Powers of Judge to call conference and give directions
36 Functions of Judge and jury in relation to meaning of matter
37 Particulars of defamatory meaning
38 Particulars in defence of truth
39 Notice of allegation that opinion not genuinely held
40 Truth and honest opinion to be pleaded separately
42 Notice of evidence of bad reputation
44 Particulars in support of claim for punitive damages
45 Proceedings deemed to be vexatious if no intention to proceed to trial
46 Proceedings in respect of publication in different media of same matter
48 Consolidation of actions on application of defendants
49 Limitation on subsequent actions
50 Striking out for want of prosecution
51 Evidence as to publisher or printer
Part 5
Miscellaneous provisions
53 Agreements to indemnify against liability for defamation
54 Act not to derogate from Parliamentary privilege, etc
55 Amendment to Limitation Act 1950 [Repealed]
56 Repeals, revocations, and consequential amendments
An Act to amend the law relating to defamation and other malicious falsehoods
