(Prohibition of Slander against Candidates, etc.)

No one shall publish, for an election campaign, any false information about the birthplace, status, occupation, career, property, personality, or activity of a
candidate (including a person who intends to be a candidate; hereafter the same shall apply in this Article), his/her spouse, lineal ascendants or descendants, or siblings, or about an organization to which such persons belong, or slander privacy by openly pointing out facts: Provided, That this
shall not apply where such information is true and is for the benefit of the general public.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000]