18-4807. REPORT OF PUBLIC PROCEEDING. No reporter, editor, or proprietor of any newspaper is liable to any prosecution for a fair and true report of any judicial, legislative, or other public official proceedings, or of any statement, speech, argument, or debate in the course of the same, except upon proof of malice in making such report, which shall not be implied from the mere fact of publication.
History:
[18-4807, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 944.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Section 18-4801 - LIBEL DEFINED.
Section 18-4802 - PUNISHMENT FOR LIBEL.
Section 18-4803 - TRUTH MAY BE PROVED — MALICE — JURY TO DETERMINE LAW AND FACT.
Section 18-4804 - MALICE PRESUMED.
Section 18-4805 - SUFFICIENCY OF PUBLICATION.
Section 18-4806 - LIABILITY OF AUTHORS, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
Section 18-4807 - REPORT OF PUBLIC PROCEEDING.
Section 18-4808 - LIMITATION ON PRIVILEGE IN REPORTING PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS.