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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