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- (aa) that has a tendency to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Singapore;”; and
- (b) by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:
- “(5) A document is not considered as having the tendency mentioned in paragraph (a) or (aa) of the definition of “subversive document” in subsection (1) by reason only that it has a tendency—
- (a) to show that the Government has been misled or mistaken in any of its measures;
- (b) to point out errors or defects in the Government, in any written law or in the administration of justice with a view to the remedying of such error or defect;
- (c) to persuade citizens of Singapore or residents in Singapore to attempt to procure by lawful means the alteration of any matter in Singapore; or
- (d) to point out, with a view to their removal, any matters producing or having a tendency to produce feelings of ill-will and enmity between different races or classes of the population of Singapore,
- if the document does not otherwise have the tendency mentioned in paragraph (a) or (aa) of that definition.”.
- “(5) A document is not considered as having the tendency mentioned in paragraph (a) or (aa) of the definition of “subversive document” in subsection (1) by reason only that it has a tendency—
Consequential amendments to Singapore Armed Forces Act
7. Section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act is amended—
- (a) by deleting the definitions of “publication” and “words” and substituting the following definition:
