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80: Oath to commit offence
or “It's against the law to make someone promise to do something bad or illegal.”
You could also call this:

“This law about people saying bad things against the government was removed in 2008.”

This section of the law, which was about seditious offences, no longer exists. It was removed from the Crimes Act 1961 on 1 January 2008. Seditious offences were actions or words that went against the government or encouraged others to do so. The law about these offences was taken out of the rules, so it doesn’t apply anymore.

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or “This law, which made it illegal for people to work together to oppose the government, no longer exists.”
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Part 5 Crimes against public order
Offence of oath to commit offence

81Seditious offences defined (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 81: repealed, on , by section 5 of the Crimes (Repeal of Seditious Offences) Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 96).