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A BILL
ENTITLED
No. 94:-[11.3.14.—2.]
An Ordinance to provide against the circulation
in the Colony of seditious publications.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Commeil thereof, as follows :-
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Seditious Pub- Short title. lications Ordinance, 1914.
2. In this Ordinance,—
Definitions.
"Book" includes every volume, part or division of a Book. volume, and pamphlet, in any language, and every sheet of music, map, chart, or plan separately printed or lithographed :
"Document" includes also any painting, drawing or Document. photograph or other visible representation:
" Newspaper
means any periodical work containing Newspaper. public news or comments on public nows:
"Selitious matter" means any words, signs or visible Seditiove representatious contained in any newspaper, book or other matter. document which said words, signs or visible representa- tions are likely or may have a tendency, directly or indirectly whether by inference, suggestion, allusion, metaphor, implication or otherwise:-
(a.) to fucite to murder or to any offence under the Explosive Substances Ordinance, 1913, or to any net of violence; or
(5.) to seduce any officer, soldier, or sailor in the Army or Navy of His Majesty from his allegiance or his duty; or
(c) to bring into hatred or contempt His Majesty, or the Government established by law in the United Kingdom or in this Colony or in any British possession or in British India or the administration of justice in any of such places or any class or section of His Majesty's subjects in any of such places or to excite disaffeetion towards His Majesty or any of the said Governments; or
(d) to put any person in fear or to cause annoyance to him and thereby induce him to deliver to say person any property or valuable security, or to do any act which he is not legally benud to lo, or to omit to do any act which be is legally entitled to do; or
(e.) to encourage or incite any person to interfere with the administration of the law or with the maintenance of law and order; or
(A) to convey any threat of injury to a public servant, or to any person in whom that public servant is believed to be interested, with the view to inducing that public servant to do any act or to forbear or delay to do any aer cou- nected with the exercise of his public functions,
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