Art. 364. Intriguing against honor. — The penalty of arresto menor or fine not exceeding 200 pesos shall be imposed for any intrigue which has for its principal purpose to blemish the honor or reputation of a person.
How is intriguing against honor committed?
Committed by a person who shall make any intrigue which has for its principal purpose to blemish the honor or reputation of another person.
Intriguing against honor is any scheme or plot by means consist of some trickery. It is akin to slander by deed, in that the offender does not avail directly of written or spoken words, pictures or caricatures to ridicule his victim but of some ingenious, crafty and secret plot, producing the same effect.
● Why are you going with her? Masamang tao yan. All her neighbors are enemies. Maraming asunto sya. Held: Defamation is defined as "a public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, mission, condition, status, or circumstance tending to cause the dishonor, discredit, or contempt of a natural or juridical person, or to blacken the memory of one who is dead (Art. 353) Having this in mind, we hold that the case is one of defamation and not that of intriguing against honor.
Incriminating an Innocent Person
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Intriguing Against Honor
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The offender
performs an act by which he directly incriminates or imputes to an innocent
person the commission of a crime.
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The offender
makes any intrigue
for
the
purpose of blemishing
the honor or reputation of another person.
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Intriguing against Honor
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Defamation
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The source or author of the derogatory information is unknown and the offender appears to be repeating only what he heard others say.
The offender does not really want to assume responsibility for the statement but imputes it to another from whom he learned the statement.
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Where the source of the information can be pinpointed
and definitely determined, and
the person passes the same
to another for the purpose of causing dishonor to complainant’s reputation.
Public and malicious imputation
of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real
or imaginary, or any act, mission, condition, status, or circumstance
tending to cause the
dishonor, discredit, or
contempt of a
natural or juridical person,
or to blacken the memory
of one who is dead.
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