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'A', a shopkeeper, says to 'B', who manages his business, "Sell nothing to 'Z' unless he pays you ready…

This scenario is Illustration (a) to Exception 9 of Section 356(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly the Ninth Exception to Section 499 of the Indian Penal…

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'A', a shopkeeper, says to 'B', who manages his business, "Sell nothing to 'Z' unless he pays you ready money, for I have no opinion of his honesty." If 'A' has made this imputation in good faith for the protection of his own interests, under which Exception to Section 356(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 does he not commit the offence of defamation?

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This scenario is Illustration (a) to Exception 9 of Section 356(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly the Ninth Exception to Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), which provides that it is not defamation to make an imputation on the character of another provided that the imputation be made in good faith for the protection of the interests of the person making it, or of any other person, or for the public good.

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