Criminal Libel Act 1819
Criminal Libel Act 1819 (1819 c. 8)
- Criminal Libel Act 1819 (1819 c. 8)
- 1 Court to make order for the seizure of copies of the libel in possession of the persons against whom verdicts shall have been had, &c.
- 2 Copies of libels so seized to be restored if judgment for defendant; otherwise to be disposed of as the court shall direct.
- 3 Court of justiciary in Scotland to make order for seizing copies of libels, &c.
- 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 8, 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 10 Not to alter the law of Scotland in respect to punishment for libels.
- 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .