Schedule, The Defamation Short title (1961)

PRIVILEGE NEWSPAPER STATEMENTS HAVING QUALIFIED PART I (Sections 2, 10) STATEMENTS PRIVILEGED WITHOUT EXPLANATION OR CONTRADICTION I. A fair and accurate report of any proceedings in public of the legislature of Sierra Leone. 2. A fair and accurate report of any proceedings in public of an international organisation of which Sierra Leone or Her Majesty's Government in Sierra Leone is a member, or of any international conference to which that government sends a representative. 3. A fair and accurate report of any proceedings in public of an international court. 4. A fair and accurate report of any proceedings before a court exercising jurisdiction throughout any part of Her Majesty's dominions outside Sierra Leone, or of any prrceedings held out side Sierra Leone under the Naval Discipline Act, 1957 as appliedby section 5 of the Naval Votunteer Force (General Service) Ordinance (Cap. 216) and the Naval Discipline (Colonial Naval Forces) Order, 1959 (Public Notice No. 9 of 1959) or under the Royal West African Frontier Force Ordinance (Cap. 204). 5. A fair and accurate report of any proceedings in public of a body or person appointed to hold a public inquiry by the Governor or legislature of Sierra Leone. 6. A fair and accurate copy of or extract from any register kept in pursuance of any Ordinance which is open to inspection by the public, or of any other document which is required by any law in force in Sierra Leone to be open to inspection by the public. PART II 7. A notice or advertisement published by or on the authority of any court with Sierra Leone or any judge or officer of such a court. STATEMENTS PRIVILEUED SUBJECT TO EXPLANATION OR CONTRADICTION 8. A fair and accurate report of the findings or decision of any of the following associations, or of any committee or govern ing body thereof, that is to say (a) an association formed in Sierra Leone for the purpose of promoting or encouraging the exercise of or interest in any art, science, religion or learning, and empowered by its constitution to exercise control over or adjudicate upon matters of interest or concern to the association, or the actions or conduct or adjudica tion; A 223 A224 No. 32 Defamatiom (b) an aSsOciation formed in Sierra LCone for thhe purposeof promoting or safeguarding the interests of any lrade,business, Industry or profession, or of the perSOns association. In any trade,carrying on or cngaged industry or profession, and enmpowercd by stitution to cxercise control Over r adjudicate uponmatters conncctcd with the trade, business, industry orprofession or the actions or conduct of those persons.(c) an association formed in Sierra Leone for the purpOseof promoting or safeguarding the interests of any game,sport or pastime to the playing or exercise of whichmembers of the public are invited or admitted, andcmpowered by its constitution to exercise control Overor adjudicate upon persons connected with or taking \961 part in the game, sport or pastime, bus1ness. being a finding or decision relating to a person who is a memberof or is subject by virtue of any contract to the control of the 9. A fair and accurate report of the proceedings at anypublic meeting held in Sierra Leone, that is to say, à meeting bona fide and lawfully held for a lawful purpose and for the furtherance or discussion of any matter of public concern, whether the admission to the meeting is general or restricted. 10. A fair and accurate report of the proceedings at any meeting or sitting in any part of Sierra Leone of (a) any local authority or committee of a local authority or local authorities; (b) any Magistrate acting otherwise than as a court exercising judicial authority ; (c) any commission, tribunal, committee Or person appointed for the purposes of any inquiry by Ordin ance, by the Governor or by a Minister of the Government; (d) any person appointed by a local authority to hold a local inquiry in pursuance of any Ordinance ; (e) any other tribunal, board, commission, committee or body constituted by or under and exercising functionsunder, an Ordinance not being a meeting or sitting admission to which is denied to representatives of newspapers and other members of the public. 11. A fair and accurate report of the proceedings at ageneral meeting of any company or association constituted,registered or certified by or under any Ordinance or incorporatedby Royal Charter, not being a private company within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance, Cap. 39. 12. A copy or fair and accurate report or summary of anynotice or other matter issued for the information of the publicby or on behalf of any government department, officer of statc.local authority or chief officer of police. No. 32 Defmation PART III 13 In this Sclhedule the following expressions have themeanings hereby respcctively ass1gned to then, that is to sav international court " means the International Court ofJustice and any other judicial or arbitral tribunaldeciding matters in dispute between States: Jocal authority " means (a) the City Council of Freetown as established underthe Freetown Municipality Ordinance (Cap. 91):(b) the Rural A¢rea Council as established under theRural Area Ordinance, 1949 (No. 11 of 1949):(c) the Sherbro Urban District Council as establishedunder the Sherbro Urban District Council, Ordinance, 1950 (No. 22 of 1950); (d) the District Councils as established under theDistrict Councils Ordinance, 1950 (No. 17 of 1950):(e) the Bo Town Council as established under the BoTown Council Ordinance, 1954 (No. 11 of 1954):part of Her Majesty's dominions"any territory within those dominions which is subject to means the whole of a separate legislature. 14. In relation to the following countries and territories, thatis to say, India, the Republic of Ireland, any protectorate,protected state or trust territory within the meaning of theBritish Nationality Act, 1948, any territory administered underthe authority of a country mentioned in subsection (3) of section 1of that Act, and the New Hebrides, the provisions of thisSchedule shall have effect as they have effect in relation toHer Majesty's dominions, and references therein to Her Majesty's M.P. O.P.M. 503. A 225 Passed in the House of Representatives this 8th day of March, in theyear of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one. S. V. WRIGHT, Clerk of the House of Representatives. THIS PRINTED 1MPRESSION has been carefully compared by me withthc Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me tobe a true and correct copy of the said Bill. S. V. WRIGHT, Clerk of the House of Representatives. dominions shall be construed accordingly.