This law is about changing the rules for defamation and other malicious falsehoods. You might be wondering what defamation is - it's when someone says or writes something false about you that hurts your reputation. The law wants to make sure people are not saying or writing false things about others on purpose. The law is trying to stop people from spreading false information that can harm others. You have the right to protect your reputation and not have people lie about you. This law is in place to help you do that. When someone says or writes something false about you, you can take action under this law. The law is here to help you and make sure people are truthful when talking or writing about others.
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1: Short Title and commencement, or
"The Defamation Act 1992: What It's Called and When It Started"
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
