AMENDMENT TO CLAUSE 2 FOR INCLUSION IN PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) BILL
FALSE NEWS.
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MECENVOL
REGISTRY
1 8 MAR 1987
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27. (1) Any person who publishes false news
which is likely to cause alarm to the public or
a section thereof or disturb public order shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine
of dollars 100,000 and to imprisonment
for 2 years; and
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(b)
on summary conviction, to a fine of
dollars 30,000 and to imprisonment for
6 months.
(2) It shall be a defence to a charge under
subsection (1) for the person charged to prove that
he had reasonable grounds for believing that the
news to which the charge relates was true.
(3) No prosecution for an offence under this
section shall be commenced without the consent of
the Attorney General.