Section 12: Prosecution for defamation
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
12. Prosecution for defamation
No prosecution for defamation shall be instituted by the State unless on
complaint made by the aggrieved person to the police or to the Ministère
Public within 6 months of the alleged offence.
[S. 11 amended by Act 48 of 1991.]
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