4Offence to print, &c., or distribute, &c., certain documents

4 Offence to print, &c., or distribute, &c., certain documents

(1)  *[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]*A person who –

(a) prints, publishes, or sells, or offers or exhibits for sale, or causes to be printed, published or sold, or offered or exhibited for sale;

(b) distributes, sends or delivers to, or serves on, or causes to be distributed, sent, or delivered to, or served on, any other person –

any paper or writing which is not an original or a copy of a document published or issued out of, or by, or under, the authority or with the sanction of a tribunal or judicial authority, but which in the opinion of the court before which any proceedings under this section are brought, is reasonably capable of conveying to a person the impression that the paper or writing is a document published or issued out of, or by, or under, the authority or with the sanction of any tribunal or judicial authority, is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , in determining whether a paper or writing is reasonably capable of conveying the impression that the paper or writing is an original or a copy of a document published or issued out of, or by, or under, the authority or with the sanction of any tribunal or judicial authority, any statement in the paper or writing to the effect that –

(a) it is not such a document or a copy of such a document; or

(b) it is not intended to convey the impression that it is such a document or a copy of such a document –

shall be disregarded unless the statement is printed in a conspicuous position on the paper or writing and in a type that is more conspicuous than any other type used in the paper or writing.