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(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.

(2) Any person who without lawful excuse has in his possession any seditious publication shall be guilty of an offence and liable for a first offence to imprisonment for one year or to a fine not exceeding $500 or to both such imprison- ment and fine, and for a subsequent offence to imprisonment for two years; and such publication shall be forfeited to the Crown.

Offences.

5.-(1) No prosecution for an offence under section 4 Legal shall be begun except within six months after the offence is proceedings. committed.

(2) A person shall not be prosecuted for an offence under section 4 without the written consent of the Attorney General.

6. No person shall be convicted of an offence under Evidence. section 4 on the uncorroborated testimony of one witness.

7. If a magistrate is satisfied by information on oath that Search there is reasonable cause to believe that an offence under this warrant. Ordinance has been or is about to be committed he may grant a search warrant authorizing any police officer to enter any premises or place named in the warrant, with such assistance as