South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts10—No cause of action for defamation of, or against, deceased persons
A person (including a personal representative of a deceased person) cannot
assert, continue or enforce a cause of action for defamation in relation
to—
(a) the
publication of defamatory matter about a deceased person (whether published
before or after his or her death); or
(b) the
publication of defamatory matter by a person who has died since publishing the
matter.