(1) If a document
appears to be printed or otherwise produced by means adapted for the
production of numerous copies and there is in the document a statement to the
effect that the document is printed, produced, published or distributed by or
for a particular person, the statement is evidence in defamation proceedings
that the document was so printed, produced, published or distributed.
(2) Evidence that a
number or part of a document appearing to be a periodical is printed,
produced, published or distributed by or for a particular person is evidence
in defamation proceedings that a document appearing to be another number or
part of the periodical was so printed, produced, published or distributed.
(3) In this
section—
"periodical" includes any newspaper, review, magazine or other printed
document of which numbers or parts are published periodically.