.....LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS (PROTECTION OF PUBLICATION) ACT, 1977 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS (PROTECTION OF PUBLICATION) ACT, 1977 [Act No 3 of 1978] [For Statement of Objects and Reasons see R.H.P. Extra., dt. 31-12-1977, P.1206.] [13th February, 1978] PREAMBLE An Act, to protect the publication if reports of proceedings of the Himachal Pradesh State Legislature. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Section 1 - Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh State Legislature Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act, 1977. (2) It shall come into force at once. Section 2 - Definition In this Act "newspapers" mean any printed periodical work containing public news or comments on public news, and includes a news agency supplying material for publication in a newspaper. Section 3 - Publication of reports of Himachal Pradesh State Legislature proceedings privilege (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.....
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