50 Defences

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(1)     Where a person is charged with an offence under section 49 it shall be a defence to prove that at the time of the alleged offence he was not aware, and neither suspected nor had reason to suspect, that the publication included the matter or report in question.

(2)     Where—

(a)     a person is charged with an offence under section 49, and

(b)     the offence relates to the inclusion of any matter in a publication in contravention of section 44(2),

it shall be a defence to prove that at the time of the alleged offence he was not aware, and neither suspected nor had reason to suspect, that the criminal investigation in question had begun.

(3)     Where—

(a)     paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) apply, and

(b)     the contravention of section 44(2) does not relate to either—

(i)     the person by whom the offence mentioned in that provision is alleged to have been committed, or

(ii)     (where that offence is one in relation to which section 1 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 applies) a person who is alleged to be a witness to the commission of the offence,

it shall

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