Hearings
Ceylon
13 Oct 1948 [1949] AC 1, PC
Perera v Peiris
Subject Matter
DEFAMATION — Ceylon — Defamation — Bribery commission — Report — Sessional paper — Publication in newspaper — Defamatory statement — Action for damages — Privilege — Serving public interest — Roman-Dutch law — Animus injuriandi negatived — Special Commission (Auxiliary Provisions) Ordinance, No. 25 of 1942, s. 6, sub-s. 1 — Construction.