possession it is found may forthwith be arrested and proceeded against for the commission of an offence under section 35 or 36, as the case may be. 39. Seditious intention. (1) (a) (b) (c) (d) A seditious intention shall be an intention— to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the person of the President, the Government as by law established or the Constitution; to excite any person to attempt to procure the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any matter in state as by law established; to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice; to subvert or promote the subversion of the Government or the administration of a district. (2) For the purposes of this section, an act, speech or publication shall not be deemed to be seditious by reason only that it intends— (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 or the Constitution or in legislation or in the administration of justice with a view to remedying such errors or defects; (c) to persuade any person to attempt to procure by lawful means the alteration of any matter as by law established. (3) For the purposes of this section, in determining whether the intention with which any act was done, any words were spoken or any document was published was or was not seditious, every person shall be deemed to intend the consequences which would naturally follow from his or her conduct at the time and in the circumstances in which he or she was conducting himself or herself. 40. Seditious offences. (1) (a) (b) Any person who— does or attempts to do or makes any preparation to do, or conspires with any person to do, any act with a seditious intention; utters any words with a seditious intention;

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