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B.N.S. 2023

Section 356, B.N.S.

In force from 1 July 2024

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Media Law Complete notes

Media Law: Complete Notes

Media Law governs the press, broadcasting, cinema and digital media. Studied in five units, it runs from the history of how the press won its freedom to the ethical choices a journalist must make where the law gives no clear answer. It is at work whenever a person reads a newspaper, watches a news…

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Practice MCQs

2 practice questions test this section.

  1. 1 A newspaper publishes a true but purely private fact about a person only to humiliate him. It serves no public purpose. According to the lecture, what is the position under the criminal law of defamation?
  2. 2 X threatens to expose a true but purely private matter about Y, which serves no public good, unless Y pays him money. X argues that there is no threat of 'injury' because the matter is true. According to the lecture, is...
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Official text

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