CHAPTER 6. Libel and Slander [20500. - 20502.]

Chapter 6 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 20500–20502 · 3 sections

• § 20500 The provisions of Part 2 (commencing with Section 43) of Division 1 of the Civil Code, relating to libel and slander, are fully applicable to any campaign…
• § 20501 (a) A candidate or state measure proponent is liable for any slander or libel committed by a committee that is controlled by that candidate or state measure…
• § 20502 (a) In any action for libel or slander brought by a candidate, the willingness or unwillingness of the defendant to retract or correct a communication made in…