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EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 72

72—Interpretation

In this Part—

"informant" means a person who gives information to a journalist in the normal course of the journalist's work;

"journalist" means a person engaged in the profession or occupation of journalism in connection with the publication of information in a news medium;

"news medium" means any medium for the dissemination to the public, or a section of the public, of news and observations on news;

"prescribed person", in respect of a journalist, means—

            (a)         an employer of the journalist; or

            (b)         a person who engaged the journalist under a contract for services; or

            (c)         any other person prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.



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