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Section 204: Publishing matter conducive to crime

Criminal Code · CHAPTER III: CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

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204. Publishing matter conducive to crime (1) Si l’écrit ou l’imprimé cont- (1) Where the manuscript or ient quelques provocations à des printed writing contains any instigacrimes ou délits, les crieurs, affi- tion to a crime or a misdemeanour, cheurs, vendeurs et distributeurs the crier, bill sticker, vendor or disseront punis, comme complices des tributor shall be punished as the acprovocations, à moins qu’ils n’aient complice of the instigator, unless fait connaître ceux dont ils tiennent such crier, bill sticker, vendor or disl’écrit ou l’imprimé contenant la tributor makes known the person provocation. from whom he has received the manuscript or printed writing containing such instigation. (2) En cas de révélation, ils (2) Where such disclosure is n’encourront qu’une peine made, the crier, bill sticker, vendor, d’emprisonnement qui ne pourra ex- or distributor shall only be liable to céder un an, et la peine de complici- imprisonment for a term not exceedté ne restera applicable qu’à ceux ing one year, and the punishment for qui n’auront point fait connaître les being an accomplice shall only apply personnes dont ils auront reçu l’écrit to those who have not made known ou l’imprimé, et à l’imprimeur s’il est the persons from whom they reconnu. ceived the manuscript or printed writing, and also to the printer, where he is known. [S. 204 amended by s. 8 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]

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