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CRIMINAL CODE 1924 - SECT 119

   Blasphemy
(1)  Any person who, by words spoken or intended to be read, wilfully publishes a blasphemous libel is guilty of a crime.
Charge:  Blasphemy.
(2)  The question whether any matter so published is or is not blasphemous is a question of fact.
(3)  It is not an offence under this section to express in good faith and in decent language, or to attempt to establish by arguments used in good faith and conveyed in decent language, any opinion whatever upon any religious subject.
(4)  No person shall be prosecuted under this section without the consent in writing of the Attorney-General.



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