CZ: extension of the crime of defamation on legal persons
by Jan Fučík
Despite lobbying by media organizations, the Parliament of the Czech Republic has adopted an amended law extending the crime of defamation to legal persons. Broadly speaking, the Czech Republic did not abolish the criminalization of defamation for individuals but instead has introduced the criminalization of defamation for legal entities.
The parliament adopted Act no.183/2016 Coll. amending Act no. 418/2011 Coll., on criminal liability of legal persons and proceedings against them, as amended, on 24 May 2016. The new law will come into force on 1 January 2017.
This amendment of the Czech law extends criminal penalties on legal entities…
