FAIR REPORT OF PUBLIC MEETING
308.
No person shall be deemed to publish a defamatory libel by reason only that he
publishes in good faith, in a newspaper,
a fair report of the proceedings of any public meeting if
- (a)
the meeting is lawfully convened for a lawful purpose and is open to the public;
- (b)
the report is fair and accurate;
- (c)
the publication of the matter complained of is for the public benefit; or
- (d)
he does not refuse to publish in a conspicuous place in the newspaper
a reasonable explanation or contradiction by the person defamed in respect
of the defamatory matter.
[R.S. c.C-34, s.271]
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