CPC-142 and CPC-143 are similar in that they maintain the element of “knowingly” to the offence of false publications.
Again, if someone were to do something.... If we remove “knowingly”, it just leaves it very subjective in terms of people reposting or redistributing information, whereas the “knowingly” adds the intention around which we've had a lot of discussion this morning.
We're advocating to maintain the element of “knowingly” in both CPC-142 and CPC-143.