79. Section 81 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) of that section, and the substitution therefor, of the following paragraphs: -
| " (3) who, being a member or official of a religious order or organization,-
| | (a) denies or threatens to deny, to any member or adherent of that order or organization, or to any member of the family of such member or adherent, any spiritual ministration, service or benefit, to which such member or adherent would in the ordinary course have been entitled ; or | | |
| | (b) excludes, or threatens to exclude, such member or adherent from such order or organization, | | |
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| (4) who, being the employer of any other person-
| | (a) terminates or threatens to terminate such employment ; or | | |
| | (b) denies or threatens to deny to such other person any benefit or service which such other person already enjoyed, or would, have enjoyed, in the ordinary course of such employment, | | |
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| (5) who, at any time during the period commencing on the first day of the nomination period at any election and ending on the day following the date of the poll at such election,-
| | (a) titters at any religious assembly any word for the purpose of influencing the result of such election or inducing any voter to vote or refrain from voting for any recognized political party or independent group at such election, or | | |
| | (b) for such purpose distributes or displays at any religious assembly any hand- bill, placard, poster, notice, sign, flag or banner, or | | |
| | (c) holds or causes to be held a public meeting at a place of worship for the purpose of promoting the election of the candidates of any recognized political party or independent group at such election. " | | |
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