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A person who defames another person by making allegations in public, regardless of whether such facts are true or false, is punished by imprisonment for 3 years or less or a fine of 500,000 yen or less.
公然と事実を摘示し、人の名誉を毀損した者は、その事実の有無にかかわらず、三年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
A person who defames a dead person is not punished unless such defamation is based on a false facts.
死者の名誉を毀損した者は、虚偽の事実を摘示することによってした場合でなければ、罰しない。
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