Article 361A - Protection of publication of proceedings of Parliament and State Legislatures - Constitution of India

1 [Article 361A. Protection of publication of proceedings of Parliament and State Legislatures.- (1) 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 either House of Parliament or the Legislative Assembly, or, as the case may be, either House of the Legislature, of a State, unless the publication is proved to have been made with malice: Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to the publication of any report of the proceedings of a secret sitting of either House of Parliament or the Legislative Assembly, or, as the case may be, either House of the Legislature, of a State. (2) Clause (1) 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. Explanation. - In this article, newspaper includes a news agency report containing material for publication in a newspaper. ] ******************* NOTES:- 1 . Inserted vide Article 42 of the Constitution (44th Amendment) Act, 1978 dated 30-04-1979 , w.e.f. 20-06-1979.