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Chapter: | 487
 | Title: | DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 222 of 2008 |
| Section: | 46 | Heading: | Vilification | Version Date: | 03/10/2008 |
(1) It is unlawful for a person, by any activity in public, to incite hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, another person with a disability or members of a class of persons with a disability.
(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), it is immaterial whether a person is actually incited, by an activity, to-
(a) hatred towards;
(b) serious contempt for; or
(c) severe ridicule of,
another person with a disability or members of a class of persons with a disability. (Added 29 of 2008 s. 99)
(2) Nothing in this section renders unlawful-
(a) a fair report of an activity in public;
(b) an activity in public that-
(i) is a communication or the distribution or dissemination of any matter; and
(ii) consists of a publication which is subject to a defence of absolute privilege in proceedings for defamation; or (Replaced 29 of 2008 s. 99)
(c) an activity in public done reasonably and in good faith, for academic, artistic, scientific or research purposes in the public interest, including discussions about and expositions of any matter.
(3) In this section and section 47, "activity in public" (公開活動) includes-
(a) any form of communication to the public, including speaking, writing, printing, displaying notices, broadcasting, screening and playing of tapes or other recorded material;
(b) any conduct (not being a form of communication referred to in paragraph (a)) observable by the public, including actions and gestures and the wearing or display of clothing, signs, flags, emblems and insignia;
(c) the distribution or dissemination of any matter to the public.
(Enacted 1995)