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28th September, 1936
Instigation to
the non-payment
of notified
liability.
145.—(1) A n y person who by words either spoken or written,
or by signs, or by visible representations, or otherwise, instigates
expressly or by implication any person, or class of persons, not
to pay or to defer payment of any notified liability, and any person
who does any act with intent or knowing it to be likely that any
words, signs or visible representations containing such instigation
shall thereby be communicated directly or indirectly to any person
or class of persons i n any manner whatsoever, is guilty of a mis
demeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for six months, or to a
fine of fifty pounds, or to both such penalties.
(2) F o r the purposes of this section "notified l i a b i l i t y " means
any liability notified by the H i g h Commissioner-in־Council by a
notice i n the G a z e t t e .
Division III.—Offences injurious to the Public in general.
C H A P T E R
XVI.
O F F E N C E S RELATING TO R E L I G I O N A N D P U B L I C
MONUMENTS.
Insult to religion
of any class.
146. A n y person who destroys, damages or defiles any place
of worship or any object which is held sacred by any class of
persons w i t h the intention of thereby insulting the religion of
any class of persons, or w i t h the knowledge that any class of
persons is likely to consider such destruction, damage or defilement
as an insult to their religion, is guilty of a misdemeanour.
Disturbing reli
gious worship.
147. A n y person who wilfully and without lawful justification
or excuse, the proof of which lies on h i m , disturbs u n y meeting
of persons lawfully assembled for religious worship, or assaults
any person lawfully officiating at any such meeting, or any of the
persons there assembled, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable
to imprisonment for two months or to a fine of twenty pounds.
Trespassing on
burial places.
148. E v e r y person, who with the intention of wounding the
feelings of any person and of insulting the religion of any person,
or with the knowledge that the feelings of any person are likely
to be wounded, or that the religion of any person is likely to be
insulted thereby, commits any trespass i n any place of worship
or i n any place of sepulture or i n any place set apart for the
performance of funeral rites or as a depository for the remains
of the dead, or offers any indignity to any human corpse, or causes
disturbance to any persons assembled for the purpose of funeral
ceremonies, is guilty of a misdemeanour.
Outrage to re
ligious feelings.
149.
A n y person who :—
( a ) publishes any print, writing, picture or effigy calculated
or tending to outrage the religious feelings or belief of other
persons;
( b ) utters i n a public place and i n the hearing of another
person any word or sound calculated or tending to outrage
the religious feelings or belief of such other person;
is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one
year.
Destroying or
damaging public
buildings and
monuments.
150. A n y person who demolishes, destroys, pulls down or
damages any building or monument intended for public use or
ornament, is guilty of a. misdemeanour.