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Bill: Act respecting Slander
Details
Submitted by[?]: Selucian Sovereignty 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: September 2129
Description[?]:
| WHEREAS Slander is defined as any untruthful statement that is spoken that brings a person's good name into disrepute; AND WHEREAS, Selucia has no laws allowing persons to sue for damages caused by defamatory actions that are expressed verbally; AND WHEREAS, Selucians would benefit from the protection of laws against all forms of defamation; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the law be changed to allow lawsuits for all forms of defamation including Slander; THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT truth of a statement be an absolute defence to defamation lawsuits. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Slander laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Current: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions spoken about them, if judged to be malicious.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions spoken about them, if judged to be malicious.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:26:59, October 19, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Act respecting Slander |
| Message | This is a companion to the other defamatory bill. This one deals with Slander (verbal defamation). The other one deals with libel (written defamation). In order to be consistent, we should have both libel and slander dealt with in a similar manner. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 293 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 282 |
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