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Bill: Libel and Slander Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pithy Party-Liberty League
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: November 2491
Description[?]:
| People should be allowed to speak the truth without fear of being sued. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Libel laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions printed on them.
Current: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions printed on them.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over falsehoods printed on them.
Article 2
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 | 02:43:12, November 24, 2007 CET | From | CSA Communist Party of the DPRK | To | Debating the Libel and Slander Act |
| Message | yes |
| Date | 05:45:32, November 25, 2007 CET | From | Pertetuum Kazulia | To | Debating the Libel and Slander Act |
| Message | Defamatory opinions create fields of conflict in the social and political field. Allowing this to happen without response is surely not good for the Kazulian collective. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 569 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 181 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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