The Meghalaya Assembly Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act, 1977 (Act No.7 of 1977).
Section 3. Publication of reports of the Assembly proceedings privileged.
(1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), no person shall be liable to any proceedings, civil or criminal, in any court in respect of the publication in a newspaper of a substantially true report of any proceedings of the House of the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya unless the publication is proved to have been made with malice.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed as protecting the publication of any matter, the publication of which is not for the public good.
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