Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955

Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955
Long titleAn Act to amend the law relating to libel and slander and other malicious falsehoods.
Citation1955 c. 11 (N.I.)
Dates
Royal assent21 June 1955
Revised text of statute as amended

The Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 (c. 11 (N.I.)) is an act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. This act makes similar provision for Northern Ireland as the Defamation Act 1952 which applies only to England, Wales and Scotland.

The power of the Northern Ireland parliament to make laws for purposes similar to the purposes of the 1952 Act derived from Section 15 of that law.