Article 354 Revised Penal Code

Article 354 of the Revised Penal Code is about Requirement for publicity. It is under Chapter One (Libel) of Title Thirteen (Crimes Against Honor) of the Code.

Requirement for publicity

Every defamatory imputation is presumed to be malicious, even if it be true, if no good intention and justifiable motive for making it is shown, except in the following cases:

1. A private communication made by any person to another in the performance of any legal, moral or social duty; and

2. A fair and true report, made in good faith, without any comments or remarks, of any judicial, legislative or other official proceedings which are not of confidential nature, or of any statement, report or speech delivered in said proceedings, or of any other act performed by public officers in the exercise of their functions.

See also: Article 353 Revised Penal Code