## CONSTITUTION 361A

### CONSTITUTION 361A — Protection of publication of proceedings of Parliament and State Legislatures
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> 1[361A. Protection of publication of proceedings of Parliament and
State Legislatures.-(1) No person shall be liable to any proceedings, civil or
criminal, in any court in respect of the publication in a newspaper of a
substantially true report of any proceedings of either House of Parliament or the
Legislative Assembly, or, as the case may be, either House of the Legislature, of
a State, unless the publication is proved to have been made with malice:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to the publication of any
report of the proceedings of a secret sitting of either House of Parliament or the
Legislative Assembly, or, as the case may be, either House of the Legislature, of
a State.
(2) Clause (1) shall apply in relation to reports or matters broadcast by
means of wireless telegraphy as part of any programme or service provided by
means of a broadcasting station as it applies in relation to reports or matters
published in a newspaper.
Explanation.-In this article, "newspaper" includes a news agency report
containing material for publication in a newspaper.]