SEDITIOUS PUBLICATIONS.
No. 6 of 1914.
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3A. Every person who knowingly has in his possession, Possession without lawful authority or excuse, of seditious document, offence.
(1) any newspaper, book or other document which contains any seditious matter; or
(2) any portion of or extract from any newspaper, book or other document which contains any seditious matter; or
(3) any newspaper, book or other document in respect of which a declaration of forfeiture has been made under section 3, or any portion of or extract from any such newspaper, book or other document, whether such portion or extract itself contain any seditious matter or not,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years.
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3B. In any prosecution under section 3A, the burden of proving absence of knowledge that the newspaper, book or other document, or the portion thereof or extract therefrom, contains seditious matter, or that the newspaper, book or other document has been declared to be forfeited, shall lie on the defendant.
4. Every person who within the Colony prints, publishes, sells, offers for sale, distributes, or in any way exhibits or exposes any newspaper, book or document, or an extract from any newspaper, book or document in respect of which a declaration of forfeiture has been made under section 3 shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years.
5. The Superintendent of Imports and Exports or any other officer authorised by the Governor in Council in this behalf may detain any package brought into the Colony which he suspects to contain any newspaper, book or other document containing seditious matter and shall forthwith forward any newspaper, book or other document containing seditious matter found therein to such officer as the Governor in Council may appoint in this behalf to be disposed of in such manner as the Governor in Council may direct.
* As amended by No. 6 of 1915 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.