A law prohibiting the dissemination of racial propaganda in Brazil was adopted here by the Chamber of Deputies, providing for a sentence of up to three years’ imprisonment for inciting one part of the population against another.
The law, which is actually an anti-Nazi law, prohibits the wearing of uniforms and any propaganda which aims to stir racial hatred.
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