in respect of such publication, in any of the following cases— (a) if the matter is published by the President, the Government or Parliament; (b) if the matter is published in Parliament by the Government or by any member of that Parliament or by the Speaker; (c) if the matter is published by order of the President or the Government; (d) if the matter is published concerning a person subject to military, naval or air force discipline for the time being, and relates to his or her conduct as a person subject to such discipline, and is published by some person having authority over him or her in respect of such conduct, and to some person having authority over him or her in respect of such conduct; (e) if the matter is published in the course of any judicial proceedings by a person taking part in them as a judge, magistrate, commissioner, advocate, assessor, juror, witness or party to the proceedings; (f) if the matter published is in fact a fair report of anything said, done or published in Parliament; or (g) if the person publishing the matter is legally bound to publish it. (2) Where a publication is absolutely privileged, it is immaterial for the purposes of this Chapter whether the matter is true or false, and whether it is or is not known or believed to be false and whether it is or is not published in good faith; but nothing in this section shall exempt a person from any liability to punishment under any other Chapter of this Code or under any other written law in force in Uganda. 184. Conditional privilege of defamatory matter. The publication of defamatory matter is privileged if it is published in good faith and— (a) if the relation between the parties by and to whom the publication is made is such that the person publishing the matter is under some legal, moral or social duty to publish it to the person to whom the publication is made or has a legitimate personal interest in so publishing it; (b) if the matter published is in fact a fair report of anything said, done or shown in a civil or criminal inquiry or proceeding before any court; except that if the court prohibits the publication of anything said or shown before it, on the ground that it is

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