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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1938.
(ii) to excite His Majesty's subjects or inhabitants of the Colony to attempt to procure the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any other matter in the Colony as by law established; or
(iii) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite dis- affection against the administration of justice in the Colony; or (iv) to raise discontent or disaffection amongst His Majesty's subjects or inhabitants of the Colony; or
(v) to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between. different classes of the population of the Colony; or
(vi) to endeavour to seduce any member of His Majesty's forces from his duty or allegiance to His Majesty.
But it is not a seditious intention-
(a) to show that His Majesty has been misled or mistaken in any of his measures; or
(b) to point out errors or defects in the government or constitution of the Colony as by law established or in legislation or in the administration of justice with a view to the remedying of such errors or defects; or
(c) to persuade His Majesty's subjects or inhabitants of the Colony to attempt to procure by lawful means the alteration of any matter in the Colony as by law established; or
(d) to point out, with a view to their removal, any matters which are producing or have a tendency to produce feelings of ill-will and enmity between different classes of the population of the Colony:
Provided that none of the acts or things mentioned in provisos (a), (b), (c) and (d) shall be deemed to be lawful if they are done in such a manner as to effect or be likely to effect any of the purposes (i) to (vi) which are declared in this section to be a seditious intention.
(2) In determining whether the intention with which any act was done, any words were spoken, or any document was published, was or was not seditious, every person shall be deemed to intend the consequences which would naturally follow from his conduct at the time and under the circum- stances in which he so conducted himself.
4.-(1) Any person who-
(a) does or attempts to do, or makes any preparation to do, or conspires with any person to do, any act with a seditious intention;
(b) utters any seditious words;
(c) prints, publishes, sells, offers for sale, distributes or reproduces any seditious publication:
(d) imports any seditious publication, unless he has no reason to believe that it is seditious,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable for a first offence to imprisonment for two years or to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to both such imprisonment and fine, and for a subsequent offence to imprisonment for three years; and any seditious publication shall be forfeited to the Crown.