BE CAREFUL OF OUR WORDS ARTICLE 353. Definition of Libel - A libel is a public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary or any act, omission, condition, status, or circumstance tending to cause the dishonor, discredit, or contempt of a natural or judicial person, or to blacken the memory of one who is dead. Article 354. Requirement for Publicity- Every defamatory imputation is presumed to be malicious, even if it be true, if no good intention and justifiable motive for making it is shown, except in the following cases.. 1. A private communication made by any person to another in the performance of any legal, moral or social duty; and 2. A fair and true report, made in good faith, without any comments or remarks, of any legislative or other official proceedings which are not of confidential nature, or of any statement, report or of any other act performed by public officers in the exercise of their functions.
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