¹[ 361A . Protection of publication of proceedings of Parliament and State Legislatures.-

( 1 ) No person shall be liable to any proceedings, civil or criminal, in any court in respect of the publication in a newspaper of a substantially true report of any proceedings of either House of Parliament or the Legislative Assembly, or, as the case may be, either House of the Legislature of a State, unless the publication is proved to have been made with malice:

Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to the publication of any report of the proceedings of a secret sitting of either House of Parliament or the Legislative Assembly, or, as the case may be, either House of the Legislature, of a State.

( 2 ) Clause ( 1 ) shall apply in relation to reports or matters broadcast, by me ans of wireless telegraphy as part of any programme or service provided by me ans of a broadcasting station as it applies in relation to reports or matters published in a newspaper.

Explanation.--In this article, "newspaper" includes a news agency report containing material for publication in a newspaper.]

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1. Inserted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, section 42 (w.e.f. 20-6-1979).