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. Defamation Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to defamation.

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Australia

Australian Capital Territory

*The Defamation Act 2001

New South Wales

*The Defamation Act Amendment Act 1886 *The Defamation Act 1901 (No 22) *The Defamation (Amendment) Act 1909 (No 22) *The Defamation Act 1912 (No 32) *The Defamation (Amendment) Act 1917 (No 14) *The

Defamation (Amendment) Act 1940 Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury. The precise legal definition of defamation varies from country to country. It is not necessarily restricted to making assertions ...

(No 4) *The Defamation Act 1958 (No 39) *The Defamation Act 1974 (No 74) *The Defamation (Amendment) Act 1978 (No 79) *The Defamation (Trotting Authority) Amendment Act 1978 (No 125) *The Defamation (Legal Services Commission) Amendment Act 1979 (No 80) *The

Defamation (Anti-Discrimination) Amendment Act 1980 Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury. The precise legal definition of defamation varies from country to country. It is not necessarily restricted to making assertions ...

(No 68) *The Defamation (Anti-Discrimination) Amendment Act 1981 (No 16) *The Defamation (Community Welfare) Amendment Act 1982 (No 82) *The Defamation (Farm Produce) Amendment Act 1983 (No 31) *The

Defamation (Probation and Parole) Amendment Act 1983 Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury. The precise legal definition of defamation varies from country to country. It is not necessarily restricted to making assertions ...

(No 196) *The

Defamation (Racing Appeals Tribunal) Amendment Act 1983 Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury. The precise legal definition of defamation varies from country to country. It is not necessarily restricted to making assertions ...

(No 200) *The

Defamation (Commissioner of Public Complaints) Amendment Act 1984 Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury. The precise legal definition of defamation varies from country to country. It is not necessarily restricted to making assertions ...

(No 78) *The

Defamation (Law Reform Commission) Amendment Act 1984 Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury. The precise legal definition of defamation varies from country to country. It is not necessarily restricted to making assertions ...

(No 118) *The Defamation (Workers Compensation) Amendment Act 1987 (No 75) *The Defamation (Medical Practitioners) Amendment Act 1987 (No 128) *The Defamation (Criminal Defamation) Amendment Act 1988 (No 61) *The Defamation (Independent Commission Against Corruption) Amendment Act 1989 (No 29) *The Defamation (Amendment) Act 1994 (No 93) *The Defamation Amendment Act 2002 (No 136) *The Defamation Act 2005 (No 77) *The Defamation Amendment Act 2020 (No 16)

Northern Territory

*The Defamation Amendment Act 1989 (No 49) *The Defamation Act 2006

Queensland

*The Defamation Act 1889 (53 Vic No 12) *The Defamation Law of Queensland Amendment Act of 1930 (21 Geo 5 No 10) *The Defamation Act 2005 (No 55) *The Defamation (Model Provisions) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (No 13)

South Australia

*The Act 26 & 27 Vic No 16 (An Act to amend the Law relating to Defamatory Words) *The Defamation Act 2005 (No 50) *The Defamation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2020 (No 41)

Tasmania

*The Defamation Act 1957 (No 42) *The Defamation Act 2005 (No 73)

Victoria

*The Defamation Act 2005 (No 75)

Western Australia

*The Defamation Act 2005 (No 44)

Hong Kong

*The Defamation Ordinance 1887

Malaysia

*The Defamation Act 1957

New Zealand

*The Defamation Act 1954 (No 46) *The Defamation Amendment Act 1958 (No 63) *The Defamation Amendment Act 1971 (No 94) *The Defamation Amendment Act 1974 (No 82) *The Defamation Act 1992 (No 105)

Republic of Ireland

*The Defamation Act 1961 (No.40) *The Defamation Act 2009

United Kingdom

*The

Defamation Act 1952 The Defamation Act 1952 ( 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 66) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This Act implemented recommendations contained in the Report of the Porter Committee. The recommendation made by the Committee in re ...

( 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 66) *The Defamation Act 1996 (c. 31) *The

Defamation Act 2013 The Defamation Act 2013 (c 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which changed English defamation law on issues of the right to freedom of expression and the protection of reputation. It also comprised a response to perception ...

(c. 26)

Northern Ireland

*The Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 (c. 11) (N.I.) *The Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 30) (N.I.)

Scotland

*The Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 10)