Civil liability of petitioners.

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Any person responsible for the creation, drafting or circulating of a grand jury petition may be held liable for civil damages for libel or slander due to any false allegation made in the body of said petition, if such allegations are proven to be made with malice and with an ulterior or illicit purpose.

Laws 1989, c. 180, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.


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