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(1)The publication of defamatory matter is absolutely privileged, and no person shall in any circumstances be liable to punishment under this Code in respect of such publication, in any of the following cases—
(a)if the matter is published by the President, the Government or Parliament;
(b)if the matter is published in Parliament by the Government or by any member of that Parliament or by the Speaker;
(c)if the matter is published by order of the President or the Government;
(d)if the matter is published concerning a person subject to military, naval or air force discipline for the time being, and relates to his or her conduct as a person subject to that discipline, and is published by a person having authority over that person in respect of the conduct, and to a person having authority over him or her in respect of the conduct;
(e)if the matter is published in the course of any judicial proceedings by a person taking part in them as a judge, magistrate, commissioner, advocate, assessor, juror, witness or party to the proceedings;
(f)if the matter published is in fact a fair report of anything said, done or published in Parliament; or
(g)if the person publishing the matter is legally bound to publish it.
(2)Where a publication is absolutely privileged, it is immaterial for the purposes of this Chapter whether the matter is true or false, and whether it is or is not known or believed to be false and whether it is or is not published in good faith; but nothing in this section shall exempt a person from any liability to punishment under any other Chapter of this Code or under any other written law in force in Uganda.
You cannot be criminally punished for defamatory statements made in specific high-level or official contexts. This absolute privilege applies to publi...
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