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The Senate and Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation assembled in Congress, etc. sanction with force of Law:
ARTICLE 1 Replace article 109 of the Criminal Code with the following:Article 109: The defamation or false accusation to a particular natural person of the commission of a specific and circumstantial offence resulting in public action shall be repressed with a fine of three thousand pesos ($ 3,000.-) to thirty thousand pesos ($ 30,000.-). In no case shall expressions concerning matters of public interest or non-assertive be established as a crime of slander.
ARTICLE 2 Replace article 110 of the Criminal Code with the following:Article 110: Anyone who intentionally dishonores or discredits a particular physical person shall be repressed with a fine of weights thousand five hundred ($ 1,500.-) to twenty thousand pesos ($ 20,000.-). In no case shall expressions concerning matters of public interest or which are not assertive constitute an offence of prejudice. Nor shall the detrimental qualifications of honour be set up as an offence of insult when they relate to a matter of public interest.
Article 3 Replace article 111 of the Criminal Code with the following:Article 111: In cases where expressions are in no way linked to matters of public interest, the accused may not prove the truth of the accusation except in the following cases:
(1) If the act attributed to the offended person has resulted in criminal proceedings.
(2) If the plaintiff asked for proof of the charge against him.
In such cases, if the truth of the accusations is proved, the accused shall be exempt from punishment.
ARTICLE 4 Default of article 112 of the Criminal Code. ARTICLE 5o Replace article 113 of the Criminal Code with the following:Article 113: Anyone who publishes or reproduces, by any means, insults or slanders inferred by another person, shall be repressed as the author of the injuries or slanders in question, provided that their content is not substantially attributed to the relevant source. In no case shall expressions concerning matters of public interest or non-assertive be established as a crime of slander.
ARTICLE 6 Replace article 117 of the Criminal Code with the following:Article 117: The accused of insult or slander shall be exempt from punishment if he or she retracts publicly, before responding to the complaint or in the act of doing so. Retraction will not matter to the defendant the acceptance of his guilt.
ARTICLE 7 Contact the national executive branch.IN THE SESSION OF THE ARGENTINE CONGRESS, IN GOOD AIRES, TO THE DIASS OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER OF THE YEAR DOS MIL NEW.
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JOSE J. B. PAMPURO. EDUARDO A. FELLNER. . Enrique Hidalgo. . Juan H. Estrada.
