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California Civil Code

§ 47

CIV § 47 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 1 · Part 2
A privileged publication or broadcast is one made:
(a)In the proper discharge of an official duty.
(b)In any (1) legislative proceeding, (2) judicial proceeding, (3) in any other official proceeding authorized by law, or (4) in the initiation or course of any other proceeding authorized by law and reviewable pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1084) of Title 1 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except as follows:

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 9. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.

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