Proof of truth by criminal judgment (Section 190, German Criminal Code)

Definition

If the asserted or disseminated fact is an offence proof of the truth thereof shall be provided if a final conviction for the act has been entered against the person insulted. Proof of truth is excluded if the insulted person had been acquitted by final judgment before the assertion or dissemination.

Related terms:

Parent term:

CHAPTER FOURTEEN - LIBEL AND SLANDER (German Criminal Code)

Sibling terms:

Insult (Section 185, German Criminal Code)
Defamation (Section 186, German Criminal Code)
Intentional defamation (Section 187, German Criminal Code)
Defamation of persons in the political arena (Section 188, German Criminal Code)
Violating the memory of the dead (Section 189, German Criminal Code)
Section 191 (Section 191, German Criminal Code)
Insult despite proof of truth (Section 192, German Criminal Code)
Fair comment; defence (Section 193, German Criminal Code)
Request to prosecute (Section 194, German Criminal Code)
Sections 195 to 198 (Section 195-198, German Criminal Code)
Mutual insults (Section 199, German Criminal Code)
Publication of the conviction (Section 200, German Criminal Code)