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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, MAKING IT AN OFFENSE
FOR ANY PERSON TO LIBEL OR SLANDER ANOTf.lER WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS; PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR.
Be it ordained by tbe City Council of tbe City of Ocoee:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to picture, effigy,
print, write, publish, circulate or distrib~te within tbe corporate
limits of the City of Ocoee any newspaper, magazine, periodical,
pamphlet or other publication of any character, either written or
printed, wherein same contains a libel. concerning any person.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person within tbe corporate
limits of the City of Ocoee to aid in any way in the circulating or
distributing of any literature in the City of Oeoee in violation of
Section 1 hereof.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate
limits of the City of Ocoee to utter oral defamatory expressions,
malicious gOSSip, scandal, slander or rumor concerning any person.
Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person within the corporape
limits of tbe City of Ocoee to aid or permit any such oral defamatory
expreSSions to be made in or upon any house or premises owned or
possessed by him or her or under his or her management or control.
Section 5. The wt:llrd "libel" or "slander" when used herein shall be
deemed to be used in its broadest and most liberal sense.
Section 6. Any person violating any of the proviSions of this ordin-
ance shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the City Jail
for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the Court.
Section 7.1 Copies of this ordinance shall be posted as provided for
by law and' the Charter of the City of Ocoee.
Section 8. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
its passage and approval by the Mayor, or upon its otherwise becoming
a law.
Section 9. All ordinance and parts of ordiances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
Section 10. Should any portion of this ordinance be held invalid, then
such portions as are not declared to be invalid shall remain in full
force and effect.
Done in open session, at Ocoee, Orange County, Florida, this 1st
day of May, 1956.
Attest:
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Clerk
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President of Counq1
Approved by the Mayor this 1st
dat:t' May, 1956.
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