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Amendments consequential to section 4
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5. (1) The Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in section 13, by the deletion of subsection (2),
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(b) in section 14(3), by the deletion of “and shall be determined, in the case of a defamation action brought in the High Court, in the absence of the jury”,
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(c) in section 30(4), by the deletion of “or, where the action is tried in the High Court sitting with a jury, the trial judge”,
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(d) in section 31—
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(i) by the deletion of subsection (2),
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(ii) in subsection (4)(k), by the deletion of “or, where the action is tried by the High Court sitting with a jury, would propose to make in the event of there being a finding of defamation”, and
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(iii) by the deletion of subsection (8),
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(e) in section 32, by the deletion of subsection (3), and
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(f) in section 34, by the deletion of subsection (4).
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(2) The amendments effected by subsection (1) shall apply only to defamation actions that are brought on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section.
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