Section 3 — Publication of reports of proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir privileged

(1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), no person shall be liable to any proceedings, civil or criminal, in any Court in respect of the publication in a newspaper of a substantially true report of any proceedings [of either House] of [the Legislative Assembly of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir], unless the publication is proved to have been made with malice.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed as protecting the publication of any matter the publication of which is not for the public good.