P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 3144

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§ 3144. Communications not held or presumed malicious

A publication or communication shall not be held or deemed malicious when made in any legislative or judicial proceeding or in any other proceeding authorized by law. A publication or communication shall not be presumed to be malicious when made:

First.— In the proper discharge of an official duty.

Second.— In a fair and true report of a judicial, legislative, official or other proceeding, or of anything said in the course thereof.

Third.— To a Commonwealth official upon probable cause with the intention of serving the public interest or of securing the redress of a private wrong.

History —Feb. 19, 1902, p. 214, § 4.