Singapore Sedition Act

Before you get fooled by the lies of people like Chee Soon Juan, here is an extract of Singapore's Sedition Act. In fact, it specifically states that speaking up against the Government or the Constitution is not sedition if it advocates doing it by lawful means ....

Sedition Act

Under the Sedition Act, section 3(1)(e), it is an offence to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Singapore:

Seditious tendency

3.—(1) A seditious tendency is a tendency —

(a) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the Government;

(b) to excite the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore to attempt to procure in Singapore, the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any matter as by law established;

(c) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Singapore;

(d) to raise discontent or disaffection amongst the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore;

(e) to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Singapore.

The guilty person is liable, for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both. For a subsequent offence, he or she will be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 5 years.

However, according to section 3(2) of the Act, any act, speech, words, publication or other thing shall not be deemed to be seditious if it is:

- to show that the Government has been misled or mistaken in any of its measures;

- to point out errors or defects in the Government or the Constitution as by law established or in legislation or in the administration of justice with a view to the remedying of such errors or defects;

- to persuade the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore to attempt to procure by lawful means the alteration of any matter in Singapore; or

- 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 such act, speech, words, publication or other thing has not otherwise in fact a seditious tendency.