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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions

53Agreements to indemnify against liability for defamation

  1. Subject to subsection (2), an agreement is not unlawful merely because it indemnifies a person against civil liability for defamation in respect of the publication of any matter.

  2. Nothing in subsection (1) applies where, at the time of the publication, the person indemnified—

  3. knows that the matter is defamatory; and
    1. does not reasonably believe that there is a good defence to any proceedings brought upon that matter.

      Compare
      • 1954 No 46 s 14