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Criminal Code Act 1983
204Unlawful publication of defamatory matter
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204 Unlawful publication of defamatory matter
Any person who unlawfully publishes any defamatory matter:
(a) with intent to cause or that causes or is likely to cause a
breach of the peace;
(b) with intent to cause loss;
(c) with intent to interfere with the free and informed exercise of a
political right;
(d) with intent to prevent or deter a person from performing any
duty imposed on him by law;
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(e) with intent to prevent or deter any person from doing any act
that he is lawfully entitled to do or to compel him to do any act
that he is lawfully entitled to abstain from doing;
(f) with intent to prevent any lawful investigation or inquiry; or
(g) with intent to interfere with or to influence any judicial
proceedings;