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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL OR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN RESPECT OF THE PUBLICATION OR REPRODUCTION OF AUTHORIZED DOCUMENTS.
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| Ordinance Nos, |
| 47 of 1946 |
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[26th October
, 1946 ]
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Short title.
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Official Publications (Immunity) Ordinance.
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Immunity in respect of publication or reproduction of authorized documents.
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2. No action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, shall be instituted or maintained against any person, in respect of-
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(a) the publication of any report or other official document which is ordered by the Government to be published for general information; or
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(b) the reproduction, in any newspaper, of any document or of an extract from any document so published :
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