Seditious intention

(1) For the purposes of section 214, a “seditious intention” is an intention– (a) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the person of Her Majesty, or against the Governor-General in his official capacity or the Government of Belize, as by law established or the administration of 143 (b) to incite or excite inhabitants of Belize to attempt to procure the alteration otherwise than by lawful means of any matter in Belize by law established; or (c) to raise discontent or disaffection amongst inhabitants of Belize; or (d) to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different sections of the population of (2) Words which by inference, suggestion, allusion or implication are likely to have any of the effects described in subsection (1) of this section, shall raise a presumption that the person by whom such words were published, published them with a seditious intention, but such presumption may be rebutted by such person upon proof by him that he had no intention, in publishing such words, of bringing about any such effect. (3) For the purposes of proving seditious intention it shall be lawful for the prosecution to prove that the defendant has published on other occasion words which are the same as those alleged to have a seditious intention or other words having a seditious intention provided that in the latter case, the words used expressly referred to the same matter as that to which the words alleged to have a seditious intention refer. (4) It shall be no defence to a charge under section 214 that the words alleged to have a seditious intention are true. (5) It shall be lawful for any person to endeavour in good faith to show– (a) that Her Majesty or the Government of Belize have been misled or mistaken in any of their measures; or 144 (b) that there are errors or defects in the constitution or Government of Belize as by law established or in the administration of