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Section 267C — Uttering words, making document, etc., containing incitement to violence, etc.

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

Amendments
Section 267C — 1 February 2008 to 2 November 2022superseded
267C.Making, printing, etc., document containing incitement to violence, etc.

Whoever —

(a)makes, prints, possesses, posts, distributes or has under his control any document; or

(b)makes or communicates any electronic record,

containing any incitement to violence or counselling disobedience to the law or to any lawful order of a public servant or likely to lead to any breach of the peace shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with both.

Section 267C — From 2 November 2022 (current)rewritten by Sedition (Repeal) Act 2021
267C.Uttering words, making document, etc., containing incitement to violence, etc.

(1)This section applies where a person —

(a)utters any words, or makes any sign or visible representation;

(b)places before a person any object;

(c)posts, publishes, distributes, sells or offers for sale any document; or

(d)communicates any electronic record,

containing any incitement to violence, counselling disobedience to the law or to a lawful order of a public servant, or likely to lead to any breach of the peace, and the person does so —

(e)intending for violence, disobedience to the law or such lawful order, or breach of the peace to occur; or

(f)knowing or having reason to believe that violence, disobedience to the law or such lawful order, or breach of the peace, is likely to occur as a result.

(2)This section also applies where a person —

(a)makes, prints or otherwise reproduces, imports, possesses or has under the person’s control any document mentioned in subsection (1), for the purpose of posting, publishing, distributing, selling or offering for sale that document; or

(b)makes any electronic record mentioned in subsection (1) for the purpose of communicating that electronic record,

and the person does so —

(c)intending for violence, disobedience to the law or such lawful order, or breach of the peace to occur by the carrying out of the purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be; or

(d)knowing or having reason to believe that violence, disobedience to the law or such lawful order, or breach of the peace, is likely to occur by the carrying out of that purpose.

(3)The person in subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be punished on conviction with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with both.

(4)In subsection (1), “counselling disobedience to the law or to a lawful order of a public servant” includes (but is not limited to) providing instruction, advice or information that promotes disobedience to the law or such order.