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 court for the benefit of his own case, is not guilty of an offence of defamation.

In a defamation case in which the accused is adjudged guilty, the court may order—

⁠that the objects or parts of the objects which contain defamatory information be seized and destroyed;

that the judgment be published in whole or in part in one or several newspapers for once or several times, with the publication costs borne by the accused.

The offences under this chapter are compoundable.

If the person injured by an offence of defamation dies prior to lodging a complaint, the father, mother, spouse, or child of the person injured shall be able to lodge a complaint and shall be deemed to be the person injured.

Whoever dishonestly takes away a thing which belongs to another person or of which another person is a co-owner commits an offence of