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CRIMES ACT 1914

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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 24D

24D Seditious words
(1)
Any person who, with the intention of causing violence or creating public disorder or a public disturbance, writes, prints, utters or publishes any seditious words shall be guilty of an indictable offence.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years.

(2)
A person cannot be convicted of any of the offences defined in section 24C or this section upon the uncorroborated testimony of one witness.

 

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