6. Section 8 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows :-
| (1) by the substitution, in subsection (1) of that section, for the words and figure "under section 5 of the Act,", of the words and figures "under section 5 of this Act, or contravenes or fails to comply with any direction given, or requirement imposed, or resists or obstructs any other person in the exercise of the last-mentioned person's powers, under section 5a of this Act," ; |
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| (2) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (5) of that section, of the following new subsection :-
| | " (5A) The provision in section 72 of the Penal Code that nothing is an offence which is done by any person who by reason of a mistake of fact and not by reason of a mistake of law in good faith believes himself to be justified by law in doing it, shall not apply in the case of offences under this Act."; and | | |
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| (3) in sub-section (6) of that section—
| | (a) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of that subsection of the following new paragraph :-
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| | (b) in paragraph (b) of that subsection, by the substitution, for the words " with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding two years and shall in addition be liable to", of the following:- | | |
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