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B.N.S.S. 2023

Section 222, B.N.S.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

1 practice question tests this section.

  1. 1 A newspaper publishes a defamatory statement about a Minister concerning his public functions. According to the lecture, who may file the criminal defamation complaint in such a case, apart from the person aggrieved?
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Official text

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