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Criminal Code Act 1983
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48 Acts done in good faith
A person shall not be guilty of a crime defined by section 45 or 46:
(a) for endeavouring in good faith to show that the Administrator
is, or his advisors are, mistaken in any of his or their counsels,
policies or actions;
(b) for pointing out in good faith errors or defects in the
government, the legislation or the administration of justice of
or in the Territory with a view to the reformation of those errors
or defects;
(c) for exciting in good faith another person to attempt to procure
by lawful means the alteration of any matter established by
law in the Territory;
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(d) for pointing out in good faith, in order to bring about its
removal, a matter that is producing, or has a tendency to
produce, feelings of ill-will or hostility between different
classes of persons; or
(e) for doing anything in good faith in connection with an industrial
dispute or an industrial matter.