Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act 77 of 1968)
R 385
Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)Chapter 15 : The Plea107. Truth and publication for public benefit of defamatory matter to be specially pleaded |
A person charged with the unlawful publication of defamatory matter, who sets up as a defence that the defamatory matter is true and that it was for the public benefit that the matter should be published, shall plead such defence specially, and may plead it with any other plea except the plea of guilty.
