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e taken against him under the provisions of section 38A: Provided that where a person who has been conditionally discharged is subsequently sentenced under section 38A for the offence in respect of which the order for conditional discharge was made, this section shall cease to apply in respect of that offence and he shall be deemed to have been convicted on the date of the sentence. (2) Nothing in this section shall affect– (a) the right of any person who has been convicted and discharged either absolutely or conditionally to appeal against his conviction or to rely thereon in bar of any subsequent proceedings for the same offence; or (b) the revesting or restoration of any property in consequence of the conviction of that person. 39. Treason PART II CRIMES (ss 39-390) Division I. – Offences against Public Order (ss 39-90) CHAPTER VII TREASON AND OTHER OFFENCES AGAINST THE REPUBLIC (ss 39-63B) (1) Any person who, being under allegiance to the United Republic– (a) in the United Republic or elsewhere, murders or attempts to murder the President; or (b) in the United Republic, levies war against the United Republic, shall be guilty of treason and shall be liable on conviction to suffer death. (2) Any person who, being under allegiance to the United Republic, in the United Republic or elsewhere, forms an intention to effect or to cause to be effected, or forms an intention to instigate, persuade, counsel or advise any person or group of person to effect or to cause to be effected, any of the following acts, deeds or purposes, that is to say– (a) the death, maiming or wounding, or the imprisonment or restraint, of the President; (b) the deposing by unlawful means of the President from his position as President or from the style, honour and name of Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of the United Republic; (c) the overthrow by unlawful means, of the Government of the United Republic; or (d) the intimidation of the Executive, the Legislature or the Judiciary of the United
Republic, and manifests such intention by publishing any writing or printing or by any overt act or deed whatsoever shall be guilty of treason and shall be liable on conviction to be sentenced to death. (3) Any person who, being under allegiance to the United Republic– (a) adheres to the enemies of the United Republic or gives them aid or comfort, in the United Republic or elsewhere; (b) instigates, whether in the United Republic or elsewhere, any person to invade the united Republic with an armed force; or (c) takes up arms within the United Republic in order, by force of constraint, to compel the Government of the United Republic to change its measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint on, or in order to intimidate or overawe, the Government of the United Republic, shall be guilty of treason and shall be liable on conviction to suffer death. (4) Any person who, being under allegiance to the United Republic, in the United Republic or elsewhere, with intent to help any enemy of the United Republic does any act which is designed or likely to give assistance to such enemy, or to interfere with the maintenance of public order or the Government of the United Republic, or to impede the operation of the Defence Forces or the Police Force, or to endanger life, shall be guilty of treason and shall be liable on conviction to suffer death. 40. Treasonable offences Any person who, not being under allegiance to the United Republic, in the United Republic or elsewhere, with intent to help any enemy of the United Republic, would amount to the offence of treason under section 39, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to be sentenced to death. 41. Misprision of treason Any person who– (a) becomes an accessory after the fact to treason or to a treasonable offence; or (b) knowing that any person intends to commit treason or treasonable offence does not give information thereof with all reasonable despatch to an administrative officer or a magistrate or a police officer, or use other reasonable endeavours to prevent the commission of the offence, shall be guilty of the offence termed "misprision of treason" and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for life.
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offence. 361. Repeated uttering Any
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