article "slander" of the Criminal Code has recently undergone significant changes.So much so, that the legislature did not consider it possible to amend the already existing norms.It was therefore decided to create a completely new rule of conduct.These changes, as well as the importance of the rule and we discuss in this article.
article "slander" of the Criminal Code: what is currently in effect?
society inevitably evolves, new relationships, objects, as well as rights.Some crimes lose their danger to the public, and is therefore excluded from the relevant articles of the legislation.Individual acts acquire the status of illegal, so the CC is replenished with fresh prohibitions.Symptoms vary, some crimes, so the law is amended.So initially there was article 129 of the Criminal Code "Slander".It consisted only of three parts.The first was a general in relation to the others, the second was supplemented by evidence of public slander and innuendo third to clarify the content in which the victim was accused of committing a grave or especially grave crime.This article "slander" of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation continued to have effect until 2011.Subsequently, it was replaced by another rule.Currently, the article "slander" of the Criminal Code is the number 128.1.We'll talk more about the new version of the rules.
article "slander" of the Criminal Code: the characteristic
Which act is committed in the course of the crime?The objective is always the direction of libel action.It is expressed in the deliberate dissemination of incorrect, invalid fabrications which discredit honor and dignity of a specific person or to spoil his name, reputation.It is sufficient to blacken the man only to one person.It is important that this person was not himself the victim.In this case, there is an insult, not slander.And now let us return to the comparison of the old and new rules.In the current version of the article adds the following aggravating circumstances:
- guilty Use of official position;
- specifics slander: a message that the person poses a danger to other people because of a particular disease, or has committed an offense that is sexual in nature.
the changes introduced today the rule of innuendo contains 5 pieces.
Defamation administrative law
Previously, such an act is not recognized in the Russian criminal.Responsibility for this was only an administrative offense.Currently, "Slander" - an article of the Criminal Code.Comments legislator of the change amounted to what should toughen the punishment for such acts that previously it public danger has been significantly diminished.At present, this action refers to offenses against the honor and dignity of the person.Slander is capable of causing prolonged suffering to the victim, cause moral damage, as well as permanently damage his reputation.May occur and the consequences of various diseases.So now such offenses as defamation, the administrative law of Russia do not exist.
