{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1952/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1952/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/66",
  "legislation_title": "Defamation Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1952",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Justification.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 5 repealed (E.W.) (1.1.2014) by Defamation Act 2013 (c. 26), ss. 2(4), 17(4) (with s. 16(5)); S.I. 2013/3027, art. 2; and repealed (S.) (8.8.2022) by Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 10), ss. 35(1)(a), 39(2); S.S.I. 2022/154, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/66/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:11.082661+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}