ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES.
313.
No person shall be deemed to publish a defamatory libel
by reason only that he
publishes, in answer to inquires made to him,
defamatory matter relating to a subject-matter
in respect of which the person by whom
or on whose behalf the inquiries are made
has an interest in knowing the truth or who,
on reasonable grounds,
the person who publishes the defamatory matter
believes has such an interest, if
- (a)
the matter is published,
in good faith,
for the purpose of giving information in answer to the inquiries;
- (b)
the person who publishes the defamatory matter believes that it is true;
- (c)
the defamatory matter is relevant to the inquiries; and
- (d)
the defamatory matter does not in any respect exceed
what is reasonably sufficient in the circumstances.
[R.S., c.C-34, s.277.]
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