Title 3 › Chapter 2 (2)
Section 305 of the Penal Code
— Defamation
penalties.
(2) These penalties shall equally apply to persons guilty of defamation
in the print and audio-visual media without prejudice to the right of reply…defamatory imputation
where:
a) it concerns the private life of the person defamed; or
b) it refers to a fact more than ten years
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Section 306 of the Penal Code
— Exceptions to Defamation
malice of all such proceedings and speeches, save of prosecution or action for defamation ;
5. publication of any judgment or judicial order, including those passed in a prosecution…action for defamation ;
6. an official report without malice by a person lawfully appointed to conduct an enquiry to the extent that it is germane to the enquiry
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Title 1 › Chapter 4 (4)
Section 152 of the Penal Code
— Contempt
contempt shall mean any defamation, abuse or threat conveyed
by gesture, word or cry uttered in any place open to the public, or by any
procedure intended
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Section 154 of the Penal Code
— Contempt of Public Bodies and Public Servants
public servant;
shall be punished, unless, in the case of defamation, he proves the truth of
the defamatory matter, with imprisonment for 3 (three) months to 3 (three
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Section 155 of the Penal Code
— Where not Public
Where any defamation, abuse or threat has been committed otherwise
than publicly against any person defined by either of the last two foregoing
Sections; the punishment whether
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Section 197 of the Penal Code
— Revenge on Witness
reason of the evidence which he
has given, unless, in the case of defamation, he proves the truth of the
defamatory matter; or
b) causes any loss
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