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Section sec.174 - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 - Defamation pleadings — Zoe

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### sec.174 Defamation pleadings If in a proceeding for defamation the plaintiff intends to allege that the defendant was actuated by ill will to the plaintiff or by another improper motive, the plaintiff must allege in a reply the facts from which the ill will or improper motive is to be inferred.

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