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Section 215 — Crimes Act 1961: Punishment of criminal libel

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215 Punishment of criminal libel [Repealed] Part 9 (comprising sections 211 to 216) was repealed, as from 1 February 1993, by section 56(2) Defamation Act 1992 (1992 No 105).

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