THE UTTAR PRADESH STATE LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS (PROTECTION OF PUBLICATION) ACT, 1977

1- (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh State Legislature Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act, 1977. (2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh.

2- In this Act, "newspaper" means any printed periodical work containing public news or comments on public news.

3- (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 or in respect of the supply by a news agency for publication in a newspaper of a substantially true report of any proceedings of either House of the Uttar Pradesh State Legislature 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.

4- This Act shall apply in relation to reports or matters broadcast by means of wireless telegraphy as part of any programme or service provided by means of a broadcasting station as it applies in relation to reports or matters published in a newspaper.

5- This Act shall also apply in relation to any proceeding pending in any civil or criminal court on the date of commencement of this Act.