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.