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Bill: Defamation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2442
Description[?]:
| An act to restrict the tort of defamation to cases where the defamation is a falsehood, in order to strike a balance between freedom of expression and the right to protection of reputation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Slander laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions spoken about them, if judged to be malicious.
Current: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:26:30, August 11, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Defamation Act |
| Message | In addition, this would make the law relating to libel and slander more consistent. |
| Date | 06:35:57, August 11, 2007 CET | From | Tukarali Communist Party | To | Debating the Defamation Act |
| Message | I'm surprised, but we actually agree with your party in this case. Good bill. |
| Date | 17:34:03, August 11, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Party of Tukarali | To | Debating the Defamation Act |
| Message | support |
| Date | 03:44:04, August 12, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party | To | Debating the Defamation Act |
| Message | The less frivolous lawsuits the better. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 245 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 90 |
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