Section 5 — Defamation Act 2005 (NSW)

Act to bind Crown

This Act binds the Crown in right of this jurisdiction and, in so far as the legislative power of the Parliament of this jurisdiction permits, the Crown in all its other capacities.

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Related sections

s 3 — Objects of Act
s 4 — Definitions
s 4A — Examples and notes
s 6 — Tort of defamation
s 7 — Distinction between slander and libel abolished
s 8 — Single cause of action for multiple defamatory imputations in same matter

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