{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1843/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1843/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/6-7/96",
  "legislation_title": "Libel Act 1843",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1843",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Evidence to rebut primâ facie case of publication by an agent.",
  "text": "Whensoever in Northern Ireland, upon the trial of any indictment or information for the publication of a blasphemous libel, under the plea of not guilty, evidence shall have been given which shall establish a presumptive case of publication against the defendant by the act of any other person by his authority, it shall be competent to such defendant to prove that such publication was made without his authority, consent, or knowledge, and that the said publication did not arise from want of due care or caution on his part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7 inserted (12.1.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(2)(c), Sch. 21 para. 66(a) (with s. 180)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 7 inserted (12.1.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(2)(c), Sch. 21 para. 66(b) (with s. 180)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/6-7/96/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T19:00:14.001719+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."
  }
}