Civil Code · English · 2015
Article 1667
Defamation
Equitable compensation may be awarded by way of moral redress to the plaintiff or to a charity named by him, in the case of insult or defamation where:
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the insulting or defamatory imputations are that the plaintiff has committed a crime or offence punishable under the penal law;
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they tend to show that the plaintiff is incompetent or dishonest in the exercise of his profession;
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