Defences Available — KSLU Ethics Notes

Defences Available

flowchart TD
    D[Defences to Contempt] --> S3[Sec 3 - Innocent Publication]
    D --> S4[Sec 4 - Fair and Accurate Report of Proceedings]
    D --> S5[Sec 5 - Fair Criticism of Judgment]
    D --> S6[Sec 6 - Bona Fide Complaint to Higher Authority]
    D --> S7[Sec 7 - In-Camera Publication]
    D --> S13[Sec 13 - Truth + Public Interest - 2006 Amendment]

Sec 13 (added in 2006): Truth is now a valid defence — but only if the publication was also in the public interest. This reversed the older position where truth was no defence at all.