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(b) sticks or fixes any indammatory poster in. on, to or against any building, vehicle, tram- car, train, vessel, sign, post or other thing whatsoever or in or on any place whatso-
ever:
(c) places any inflammatory poster in, on or against any building, vehicle, tramcar, train, vessel, post or other thing whatsoever or in or on any place whatsoever;
(d) displays or exbibits an infammatory poster. shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.
(2) Any person who paints, daubs, draws, writes or otherwise inscribes in, on or against any buikling, vehicle, trampar, train, vessel, sign, post or other thing whatsoever or in or on any place whatsoever any in- flammatory matter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.
(3) Any person who has in his possession. custody or control any inflammatory poster shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprison- ment for two years.
(4) The owner, occupier and person in charge of any building or place or any part of any building or place, and the owner of any vehicle, tramcar or vessel, in, on, to or against which any inflammatory poster is to his knowledge posted up, stuck, fixed, placed, exhibited or displayed or in or on which any inflammatory matter is to his knowledge painted. daubed, drawn, written or otherwise inscribed shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on convic- tion to a fine of five thousand dollars and to im- prisonment for two years unless he shows to the satisfaction of the magistrate that he removed or obliterated the inflammatory poster or inflammatory matter as soon as practicable or that he took all prac- ricable steps to prevent the same from being posted up, stuck, fixed, placed, exhibited, displayed, painted, daubed, drawn, written or otherwise inscribed in, on. to or against the building or place or the part of a building or place or the vehicle, tramcar or vessel, as the case may be.
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Definitions for purposes of regula- tjops "127.
127A and
127C.
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1278. For the purposes of regulations 127, 127A and 127C--
"building" includes the whole or any part of any do- mestic or public building, arch, bridge, chimney, dock, factory, garage, baugar, hoarding, office, pier, shelter, shop, wall, warehouse, wharf, work- shop or other structure whatsoever; "ioßammatory matter" means any matter which-
(a) is or contains an incitement to violence or counsels or encourages disobedience to the law or is likely to lead to a breach of the peace whether or not a breach of the peace actually occurs;
(b) is calculated to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or sec- tions of the population of Hong Kong: (c) is calculated to cause disaffection amongst the members of the police force or public service; or
(d) is calculated to cause disaffection against the administration of justice in Hong Kong or disputes the lawful authority of the courts in Hong Kong:
"inflammatory poster" means any poster or any photograph or reproduction of any photograph. whether or not accompanied by any written or printed matter, or any banner or similar device. which is or contaios inflammatory matter in any form, shape or manner whatsoever; "inflammatory speech" means any speech, address, slogan or words being or containing infiamma- tory matter;
"place" means any place whatsoever, whether or not
the public has access thereto as of right: "poster" means any broadsheet, handbill, leaßet, pamphlet, poster or similar thing or the whole or any part of any written or printed matter being used as a broadsheet, handbill, leaflet, pamphlet or poster;
"utter" means make, deliver or broadcast, whether directly or by means of any mechanical, elec- tronic or electrical machinery, equipment or de- vice, including any megaphone, loudspeaker or