AGAINST SEDITION
SOUTH AFRICAN LEGISLATION. Capetown, March 25. A Bill introduced by the Minister of Justice to define sedition, for the purpose of preventing the dissemination of doctrines subversive to peace and order, provides a penalty not exceeding five years’ imprisonment for anyone who does, suggests, or justifies seditious acts, publishes seditious libel, or is a party to seditious conspiracy. The term includes the commission oi or incitement to any unlawful, violent act, whether in the Union or elsewhere, towards persons and property in order to alter any system of Government prescribed by law; also incitement to disturbance of the public pease; also promoting feelings of hostility between the different races in the Union.— Yus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 155, 27 March 1926, Page 6
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117AGAINST SEDITION Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 155, 27 March 1926, Page 6
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