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8 :::(aa) that has a tendency to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Singapore;”; and
 * (b) by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:
 * “(5) A document is not considered as having the tendency mentioned in paragraph (a) or (aa) of the definition of “subversive document” in subsection (1) by reason only that it has a tendency—
 * (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, in any written law or in the administration of justice with a view to the remedying of such error or defect;
 * (c) to persuade citizens of Singapore or residents in Singapore to attempt to procure by lawful means the alteration of any matter in Singapore; or
 * (d) to point out, with a view to their removal, any matters producing or having a tendency to produce feelings of ill-will and enmity between different races or classes of the population of Singapore,
 * if the document does not otherwise have the tendency mentioned in paragraph (a) or (aa) of that definition.”.

Consequential amendments to Singapore Armed Forces Act

7. Section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act is amended—
 * (a) by deleting the definitions of “publication” and “words” and substituting the following definition: