The crime of injury is defined in article 410 of the Criminal Code The crime of injury, without imputation of any determined fact, if committed against any person publicly, by gestures, de viva voce, by published drawing or text, or by any other means of publication, shall be punished with a prison term of up to two months and a fine .

Article 407 of the Criminal Code describes the crime of defamation as follows If one person defames another publicly, de viva voce, in writing, in a published drawing, or in any public manner, imputing to him something offensive to his hono u r and dignity, or reproduces this, then he shall be condemned to a prison term of up to four months and a fine .