cap/248 (Cap. 248)

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1. Art. 1 Short title.
2. Art. 2 Interpretation.
3. PART II
4. Art. 3 Means whereby offences under this Act are committed. LVIII. 1974.68; XIII. 1983.5; L.N. 411 of 2007.
5. Art. 5 Imputation of ulterior motives to acts of President of Malta.
6. Art. 6 Racismandsimilar offences.
7. Art. 7 Obscene libel.
8. Art. 8 Divulging professional secrets.
9. Art. 9 Malicious publicationoffalse news.
10. Art. 11 Defamatory libel.
11. Art. 12 Plea of justification.
12. Art. 12A Qualified privilege.
13. Art. 13 Publication of matter with intent to extort money.
14. Art. 14 Instigation to commit offence.
15. Art. 15 Justification of crimes.
16. Art. 16 Incitement to disobey the law.
17. Art. 17 Where instigation or incitement has produced effect.
18. Art. 19 Sale of incriminated publications.
19. Art. 20 Publication of judgmentincaseof conviction under article 11.
20. Art. 21 Right of reply.
21. PART III
22. Art. 23 Persons against whom proceedings may be instituted.
23. Art. 24 Proof that the writing is a copy not to constitute a valid defence.
24. Art. 24A Person making a public speech.
25. Art. 25 Editor, etc., presumed to have acted knowingly.
26. Art. 26 Punishment for printer or editor who has not acted knowingly.
27. Art. 27 Criminal action independent of civil action. L.N. 411 of 2007.
28. Art. 29 Slander of title and trade libel.
29. Art. 30 Separate action in respect of separate imputations.
30. Art. 31 Action to be instituted on complaint of injured party.
31. PART IV
32. Art. 34 Who may be editor.
33. Art. 35 Duties of editor and publisher.
34. Art. 36 Registrar of newspapers.
35. Art. 37 Delivery of copies of newspaper.
36. Art. 40 Limitation of criminal prosecution.
37. Art. 41 Exceptions.
38. PART V
39. Art. 42 Editors of broadcasting services.
40. Art. 43 Applicability of articles 35, 36, 38, 39 and 40.
41. Art. 44 Duties of editors.
42. Art. 45 Interpretations. Cap. 350.
43. PART VI
44. Art. 46 Confidentiality of sources.
45. Art. 47 Access to information held by Government.
46. PART VII
47. Art. 48 Right of appeal.
48. Art. 49 Offencesbybodies of persons.
49. Art. 50 Regulations.
50. Art. 51 Transparency obligations.
51. Art. 53 Transitory provision.