Year and Chapter or Number	Short Title or Subject and Section	Report Paragraph	Notes Paragraph
	New South Wales
8 Geo. 4 No.2	(Blasphemous & Seditious Libel (1827))
	s.15		2, 8
11 Vict. No.13	(Libel (1847))		34, 314
	s.2		60, 64
	s.4		63, 64
	s.6	39
	s.7	39
1897 No.4	Interpretation Act of 1897
	s.17		134
1898 No.11	Evidence Act, 1898
	s.23		20
1898 No.23	Newspapers Act, 1898
	s.19		2, 7, 8, 10, 277
1899 No.14	Matrimonial Causes Act, 1899		26
	s.52		26
1899 No.21	Common Law Procedure Act, 1899
	s.72		6, 44, 322
1900 No.40	Crimes Act, 1900
	s.100		12
	s.178		278
	s.400		13
	s.568(2)		15
	s.579		18, 19, 20
	s.279(4)		21
1902 No.27	Justices Act, 1902		260
	s.41A		256, 304
1908 No.31	Pure Food Act, 1908
	s.16		5
1909 No.22	Defamation (Amendment) Act, 1909
	s.5(1)		140
	s.5(1)(d)		284
	s.6		106
1912 No.24	Inebriates Act, 1912
	s.26		22
1912 No.27	Claims against the Government and Crown Suits Act, 1912		28
	s.4		28
1912 No.32	Defamation Act, 1912		2
	s.4(1)		34
	s.14		247
	s.15		247
	s.29		124
	s.29(1)		140
	s.29(1)(I)		125
	s.30		106
1918 No.46	Venereal Diseases Act, 1923
	s.29		23
1923 No.29	Royal Commissions Act, 1923
	s.17		278
1944 No.28	Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1944
	s.2		24
	s.2(1)		26
1958 No.39	Defamation Act, 1958	13, 14, 16, 17, 25	2, 3, 4, 5, 27, 59, 63, 89, 90, 102, 107, 111, 117, 139, 157, 158, 247, 248, 285, 309
	s.1		280
	s.2		280
	s.3		28
	s.3(2)	27	194
	s.4		280
	s.5	15
	s.6		261
	s.8		253
	s.10		34
	s.11	25	281
	s.11(1)		75
	s.11(2)		76
	s.11(3)		78, 82, 85
	s.12	25	75, 77, 86, 281
	s.13	25	86, 281
	s.14		118, 282, 286
	s.14(1)		125, 140, 144, 147, 148, 158, 285, 287, 288
	s.14(1)(c)		130
	s.14(1)(d)		283, 284
	s.14(1)(e)		134
	s.14(1)(g)		153, 154
	s.14(1)(h)
	s.14(1)(i)	29	125
	s.14(2)		288
	s.14(3)		289
	s.14(4)	64	290
	s.15		93, 161, 194, 291
	s.16		63, 65, 82, 259, 292
	s.17	26	89, 91, 102, 114, 115, 194, 293
	s.17(b)		89, 100
	s.17(c)	14	89
	s.17(d)		100, 103, 106
	s.17(e)		100, 103
	s.17(g)		89
	s.17(h)	14	89, 92, 93, 94, 95
	s.18		293
	s.19		293
	s.20(1)		60, 294
	s.20(2)		295
	s.21		296
	s.22	39
	s.22(2)	64
	s.23	64	297
	s.24		246, 298
	s.25		277, 299
	s.26		15, 249, 251, 256, 300
	s.27		11, 15, 301
	s.28		259, 302
	s.29		261, 303
	s.30		304
	s.31		305
	s.32		306
	s.33		255, 307
	s.34		308
	s.35		309
	s.36		310
	s.37		311
	s.38	58	262, 312
	s.39	58	263, 312
	s.40	25	78, 84, 313
	s.40(3)		83
	s.41		314
	s.42(1)		315
	s.42(2)	3	14, 316
1961 No.71	Companies Act, 1961
	s.250(7)		278
1965 No.23	Adoption of Children Act, 1965
	s.53		22, 135
	s.60		136
1967 No.39	Law Reform Commission Act, 1967		27
1970 No.52	Supreme Court Act, 1970	48, 64, 67	6
	Imperial Acts
32 Geo. 3 c.60 (1792)	(Libel)
	s.1		261, 303
	s.2		261
38 Geo. 3 c.78 (1798)	(Newspaper Publication)
	s.28		8
9 Geo. 4 c.83 (1828)	Australian Courts Act, 1828
	s.6		260
3 and 4 Vict. c.9 (1840)	Parliamentary Papers Act, 1840		82, 83
	s.1		78
	s.2		78
5 and 6 Vict. c.38 (1842)	Quarter Sessions Act, 1842
	s.1		17
6 and 7 Vict. c.96 (1843)	Libel Act, 1843
	s.3		11
	s.6		259
32 and 33 Vict. c.24 (1869)	Newspapers Printers and Reading Rooms Repeal Act 1869
	s.1		8
44 and 45 Vict. c.60 (1881)	Newspapers Libel and Registration Act 1881
	s.3		225
51 and 52 Vict. c.64 (1888)	Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888
	s.3		289
	s.4		140
6 and 7 Geo. 5 c.50 (1916)	Larceny Act 1916		12
	s.31		11
15 and 16 Geo. VI and Eliz. II c.66 (1952)	Defamation Act 1952	40	138, 140
	s.4		212
	s.5		73
	s.6		187, 188
	s.7	29	118, 153
	s.7(1)		116, 149
	s.7(3)		149
	Schedule	29
	Schedule; para. 12		153
1968 c.60	Theft Act, 1968
	s.21		11, 12
	s.31(1)		279
1968 c.64	Civil Evidence Act, 1968
	s.11	60	265
	s.13	60	264, 265, 271
	s.13(1)		268
	Commonwealth Acts
1966 No.33	Bankruptcy Act 1966
	s.69		278
	Indian Acts
	Indian Penal Code	16
	New Zealand Acts
1954 No.46	Defamation Act 1954
	s.8		186
	Queensland Acts
53 Vic. No.12 (1889)	The Defamation Law of Queensland		309
	s.16		102
	Victorian Acts
1958 No.6282	Justices Act 1958
	s.191(v)		17
1958 No.6342	Printers and Newspapers Act 1958
	s.19		8
1968 No.7705	Country Courts (Jurisdiction) Act 1968
	s.36A		17