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Amendment of section 30(2) of Principal Act
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16. (1) Section 30(2) of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “published,” for “published, and”,
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(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “correction, and” for “correction”, and
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(c) by the substitution of the following paragraph for “and shall, unless the plaintiff otherwise requests, require the correction to be published in such manner as will ensure that it is communicated to all or substantially all of those persons to whom the defamatory statement was published.”:
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“(c) unless the plaintiff otherwise requests, require the correction to be published in such manner as will ensure that—
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(i) it is given the same or similar prominence as was given to the defamatory statement, and
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(ii) it is communicated to all or substantially all of those persons to whom the defamatory statement was published.”.
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(2) The amendments effected by subsection (1) shall apply only to defamation actions brought on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section.
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