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RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE ACT 2001 - SECT 8 Religious vilification unlawful

RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE ACT 2001 - SECT 8

Religious vilification unlawful

    (1)     A person must not, on the ground of the religious belief or activity of another person or class of persons, engage in conduct that incites hatred against, serious contempt for, or revulsion or severe ridicule of, that other person or class of persons.

Note

"Engage in conduct" includes use of the internet or e-mail to publish or transmit statements or other material.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1), conduct—

        (a)     may be constituted by a single occasion or by a number of occasions over a period of time; and

        (b)     may occur in or outside Victoria.