Section 14, The Defamation Short title (1961)

In any action for Iibel or slander the defendant Tmaygive evidence in mitigationplaint1ll hasrecovered damagcs, or has brought actions for damages, for libelby plaintifl. or slander in respcct of the publication of words to the sanne ellec as the words on which the action is founded, or has received or damages recOvered Consolida tion and actions, clc. Defamation saving. an agrecd lo receive compensalion in respect of any such of damages that the application by or on behalf15. (1) It shall be compctent for a judge or the court, upon of two or more actions in respect to lhe same, or substantially actions already consolidated. publicaion. defendants inthe same, libel brought by one and the same person, to make an order for the consolidation of such actions, so that they shall be tried together and after such order has been made, and before the trial of the said actions, the defendants in any new actions instituted in respect of the samne, or substantially the same, libel shall also be entitled to be joined in a common action upon a joint appication being made by such new defendants and the defendants in the In a consolidated action under this section the judge sholl assess the whole amount of the damages (if any) in one c but a separate finding shall be made for or against each defendant in the same way as if the actions consolidated had been triod separately; and if the judge shall have made a finding againet the defendant or defendants in more than one of the actions so consolidated, he shall proceed to appc ion the amount of damages which he shall have assessed between and against the said last-mentioned defendants; and if the judge awarus to the plaintiff the costs of the action, shall thereupon make such order as he shall deem just for the apportionment of such costs between and against such defendants. (2) Subsection (1) shall apply to actions for slander of title, slander of goods or o'her malicious falsehood as it applies to actions for libel; and reterences in that sbsection to the same, or substantially the same, libel shall be construed accordingly. Proceedings 16. (1) This Ordinance applies for the purposes of any afected and proceedings begun after the commencement of this Ordinanct, whenever the cause of action arose, but does not affect any pro ceedings begun before the commencement of this Ordinance. (2) Nothing in this Ordinance affects the law relating to criminal libel. No. 32 Defamation