9(1)A fair and accurate report, published in a newspaper or by broadcasting, of a public meeting or, except where neither the public nor any reporter is admitted, of proceedings in the Senate or House of Commons of Canada, in the Legislative Assembly of this Province or any other province of Canada, or in a committee of any of such bodies, or of a meeting of commissioners authorized to act by or pursuant to statute or other lawful warrant or authority, or of any meeting of a municipal council, school board, board of education, board of health, or of any other board or local authority formed or constituted under the provisions of any public Act of the Parliament of Canada or the Legislature of this Province or any other province of Canada, or of a committee appointed by any such board or local authority, shall be privileged, unless it is proved that the publication was made maliciously.