What is the purpose of libelling the previous conviction if the fact that it occurred nine years ago is meaning less?
This is libelling a nation, not a man.
Clause 30 abolishes the concept of libelling previous convictions "in aggravation of" the present offence.
No worry of libelling anyone even begins to arise.
I am not by any means libelling our housewives, but the next generation will be much more knowledgeable.
There is no question of libelling employers by using this form of drafting.
He decides, with perfect advice, that he is not libelling someone and therefore publishes the matter.
On the question of libelling the dead, one has to remember that, the man being dead, he cannot give evidence.