2019 U.S. Virgin Islands Code
Title 14 - Crimes
Chapter 59 - Libel and Slander
- § 1171. Libel defined
- § 1172. Punishment for libel
- § 1173. Malice presumed
- § 1174. Truth as a defense
- § 1175. Publication defined
- § 1176. Liability of editors, proprietors and authors
- § 1177. True reports of official proceedings as libel
- § 1178. Privileged communications
- § 1179. Threatening to publish libel
- § 1180. Slander defined
- § 1181. Malice presumed
- § 1182. Punishment for slander
- § 1183. Reporting official statements as slander
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