Title V. Penal Code

Chapter 5. Crimes.

§ 516. Libel.

    1.    No person shall be convicted of libel unless it can be proven that he negligently published written or visual statements of a defamatory nature about the plaintiff.

    2.    Libel shall be punished by damages of not less than £500 and not more than £100,000.

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