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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9 JUNE 1982

Rh in the Republic or elsewhere—

commits any act;

attempts to commit such act;

conspires with any other person to commit such act or to bring about the commission thereof or to aid in the commission or the bringing about of the commission thereof; or

incites, instigates, commands. aids, advises, encourages or procures any other person to commit such act,

shall be guilty of the offence of sabotage and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding twenty years.

(4) Any person who has reason to suspect that any other person intends to commit or has committed any offence referred to in subsection (1), (2) or (3) and any person who is aware of the presence at any place of any other person who is so suspected of intending to commit or having committed such an offence, and who—

harbours or conceals that other person;

directly or indirectly renders any assistance to that other person; or

fails to report or cause to be reported to any member of the police such presence of that other person at any place,

as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to the penalty to which the person whom he so harboured or concealed or to whom he so rendered assistance or whose presence he so failed to report or to cause to be reported would have been liable on conviction of the offence which the last-mentioned person intended to commit or committed, as the case may be.

(5) No person shall be convicted of an offence in terms of subsection (1), (2) or (3) committed at any place outside the Republic, if such person proves that he is not a South African citizen and has not at any time before or after the commencement of this Act been resident in the Republic and that he has not at any time after 27 June 1962 entered or been in the Republic in contravention of any law.

(6) If the evidence in any prosecution for an offence in terms of—

subsection (1) does not prove that offence but does prove an offence in terms of subsection (2), (3) or (4);

subsection (2) does not prove that offence but does prove an offence in terms of subsection (3) or (4),

the accused may be found guilty of the offence so proved.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (1) (ii), and without derogating from the generality of the meaning of the word “act”, the undergoing of specific training or the possession of any substance or thing shall be deemed also to constitute the performance of an act.

(8) For the purposes of this section— “Government of the Republic” includes a provincial administration or any institution or body contemplated in section 84 (1) (f) of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961 (Act No. 32 of 1961);

“prohibited place” means a prohibited place as defined in section 1 (1) of the Official Secrets Act, 1956 (Act No. 16 of 1956);

“public building” means any building which or part of which is occupied by the State, any institution or body contemplated in section 84 (1) (f) of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961, or any other body which has been instituted by or under any law and to which local or other governmental functions have been assigned.

55. Any person who advocates, advises, defends or encourages the achievement in the Republic of any of the objects of communism or performs any other act of whatever nature