48_86 interference 86. Government submit that the concepts of breach of the peace and contra bonos mores as judicially defined are both compatible with the requirements of Article 10 (Art. 10) of the Convention, and that contemporary opinion in a free and democratic society which is party to the Convention is unlikely to regard legitimate and peaceful expression of ideas as being contra bonos mores. The Government liken the notion to that of a statement which is defamatory, that is, one which would lower a person's reputation in the eyes of right-minded people in society. They accept that a finding of contra bonos mores is not a conviction for a criminal offence under domestic law, but consider the difference immaterial for the purposes of Article 10 (Art. 10). The Government underline that the only circumstances in which the applicants could forfeit their recognizances are if they breached the binding over order: that is a lawful order of a competent court, and it is unlawful under domestic law to breach it. The