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• Threatening to publish and offer to prevent such publication for a compensation [art. 356]
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• Prohibited publication of acts referred to in the course of official proceedings [art. 357]
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• Slander [art. 358]
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• Slander by deed [art. 359]
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• Incriminating innocent person [art. 363]
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• Intriguing against honor (art. 364)
ELEMENTS OF LIBEL DEFAMATION: (353)
• 2. These crimes, which are in the nature of character assassination, are classified according to the
manner of their commission into the following:
• a). Libel which is by making use of the mass media and literary forms or literary outlets
b). Oral Defamation which is by the use of oral utterances
c). Slander by Deed which is by performing an act intended to cast dishonor, disrespect or contempt
upon a person .
d). Incriminatory machinations which may either be:
(i) Incriminating an innocent person in the commission of a crime by planting evidence
(ii) Intriguing against honor by resorting to any scheme, plot, design, but not by direct spoken
words, to destroy the reputation of another.
3. Elements common to crimes against honor