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2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure–Courts
Chapter 8-16 - Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline
Section 8-16-11 - Papers and testimony privileged.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 8-16-11 (2017)
§ 8-16-11. Papers and testimony privileged.
The filing of papers with or the giving of testimony before the commission or supreme court shall be privileged in any action for defamation. No other publication of such papers or proceedings shall be so privileged, except any record, pleading, or brief filed by the commission in the supreme court continues to be privileged.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1974, ch. 136, § 1.)
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