Singapore legislation
Section 22
Section 22
Printing, publishing, etc., in contravention of order under section 20
Any person who prints, publishes, sells, issues, circulates or reproduces a document or publication which is the subject of an order under section 20, or any extract therefrom, shall be guilty of an offence under this Part and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both:Provided that no person shall be convicted of an offence under this section if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the document or publication in respect of which he is charged was printed, published, sold, issued, circulated or reproduced, as the case may be, without his authority, consent and knowledge, and without any want of due care or caution on his part, and that he did not know and had no reason to suspect the nature of the document or publication.