Title V. Penal Code

Chapter 5. Crimes.

§ 517. Slander.

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

    2.    Slander shall be punished by damages of not less than £250 and not more than £50,000.

Chapter 5                 § 516                 § 518