Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
					| 
						Whole Act  | 
					
						1 January 1962 | 
					Defamation Act 1961 (40/1961), s. 3(1) | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
					| 
						Repealed | 
					31/2009, ss. 1(2), 4 | 
					
			
					| 
						S.2 am. | 
					30/1963, s.21 (2) (a) | 
					
			
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						S.27 rep. | 
					30/1963, s.21 (2) (b) | 
					
			
					| 
						Sch. 2, pt. 2, par. 6, par. ins. | 
					5/1997, ss. 20 (6), 27 (2) | 
					
			
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						Sch. 2, pt. 2, par. 7, par. ins. | 
					11/2003, s.4 | 
					
			
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						  | 
					44/2003, ss. 2, 58 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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					None |