FREEDOM OF PRESS IN SOUTH AFRICA
(Received May 20, 2.30 p.m.)
LONDON, May 19
The Cape Town correspondent of "The Times" says that the Prime Minister's office has confidentially communicated the gist of the legislation to preserve the freedom of the Press to prominent journalists. It is known that the legislation is directed at the prevention of defamatory statements about the heads of foreign States.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 117, 20 May 1939, Page 10
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65FREEDOM OF PRESS IN SOUTH AFRICA Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 117, 20 May 1939, Page 10
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