When you are in court for saying something bad about someone in a book or newspaper, you might see a statement that says who published or printed it. This statement can be used as evidence that the person named really did publish or print it, unless someone proves that it is not true. You can use this statement as proof, but someone can still argue that it is wrong.
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Where, in any proceedings for defamation in respect of the publication of any matter in a book or printed document, or in a number or part of a newspaper or other periodical, that book, document, number, or part contains or bears a statement that it is published or printed by the defendant, that statement may be received as sufficient evidence of the fact so stated unless the contrary is proved.
