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Section 305 — Criminal Code: Publishing proceedings of courts of justice
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No person shall be deemed to publish a defamatory libel by reason only that he publishes defamatory matter in a proceeding held before or under the authority of a court exercising judicial authority; or in an inquiry made under the authority of an Act or by order of Her Majesty, or under the authority of a public department or a department of the government of a province.
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