Section 43 — Defamation Act 2005 (NSW)

(1) A person who is required to answer a question, or to discover or produce a document or thing, in defamation proceedings is not excused from answering the question or discovering or producing the document or thing on the ground that the answer to the question or the discovery or production of the document or thing might tend to incriminate the person of an offence of criminal defamation.
(2) However, any answer given to a question, or document or thing discovered or produced, by a natural person in compliance with the requirement is not admissible in evidence against the person in proceedings for criminal defamation.

Related sections

• s 40 — Costs in defamation proceedings
• s 41 — Proof of publication
• s 42 — Proof of convictions for offences
• s 44 — Giving of notices and other documents
• s 45 — Regulations
• s 46 — Repeal of Defamation Act 1974 No 18

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